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Melanerpes rubricapillus
Black and white wing feathers with a greenish belly and a bright red head.
Two blocks from an Exito store this woodpecker is on the edge of a small city park in the large Colombian city of Medellin. This is about the mid-altitudes of Colombia, not hot and tropical like the coast but not nearly so cold and rainy as the capital.