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Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

Description:

Photo take in my backyard feeding from the flower of a Ceiba Tree or Cotton tree this bird is very common in this area usually moves alone from tree looking for ants or bugs.Adults are mainly light gray on the face and underparts; they have black and white barred patterns on their back, wings and tail. Adult males have a red headside going from the bill to the nape; females have a red patch on the nape and another above the bill. The reddish tinge on the belly that gives the bird its name is difficult to see in field identification.

Habitat:

It can be found on forest areas from North America , Central America, part of South America.

Notes:

Red-bellied woodpeckers are noisy birds, and have many varied calls. Calls have been described as sounding like churr-churr-churr or thrraa-thrraa-thrraa with an alternating br-r-r-r-t sound. Males tend to call and drum more frequently than females, but both sexes call. Often, these woodpeckers "drum" to attract mates. They tap on aluminum roofs, metal guttering, hollow trees and even transformer boxes, in urban environments, to communicate with potential partners. Babies have a high-pitched begging call of "pree-pree-pree" They will continue to give a begging call whenever they see their parents for a while after fledging. Wikipedia.

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4 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Thanks Sachin and Ashish i will add it to the mission:)

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Lovely series,

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Also assign to food habits mission..

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Fantastic one pose... really a Dream shot...!!

Gerardo Aizpuru
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Gerardo Aizpuru

Mexico

Spotted on Feb 12, 2012
Submitted on Feb 12, 2012

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