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Melanerpes aurifrons
North American woodpecker, golden-naped, wide-bar-backed, red head
dry tropical secondary forest edge, adjacent to fruit orchard
spotted in am, while bird was perched on high branch of a leafless Jobo tree.
Spotted on Feb 2, 2013
Submitted on Feb 2, 2013
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This is the very similar Hoffmann's Woodpecker. The Golden-fronted is found from Honduras north. I barely enters into Nicaragua in the north.