Campo Flicker
Colaptes campestris (Vieillot, 1818)
Picidae — Woodpeckers
Campo Flicker, Colaptes campestris, is a woodpecker of eastern, central and south-eastern South America, breeding in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Suriname and Uruguay. It is a resident bird across much of its range. The species is mainly associated with open and semi-open country, including savanna, the Pampas, scrub, gallery forest edges, Pantanal grasslands, cerrado, farmland, parks and heavily grazed pasture. It is notable for its two subspecies, which differ in throat colour, with campestris black-throated and campestroides white-throated.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae — Woodpeckers
- Breeding range
- South America: e, c, se
