Crimson-crested Woodpecker

Campephilus melanoleucos (Gmelin, JF, 1788)

Picidae — Woodpeckers

Crimson-crested Woodpecker, Campephilus melanoleucos, is a woodpecker of South America and Panama, with a breeding range that is widespread across the continent. It belongs to the family Picidae and was described by Gmelin in 1788. The nominate form is the most widespread. It occurs in Trinidad, much of eastern South America, and on the eastern side of the Andes, while the Panamanian race is found across most of Panama and northern and central Colombia. It uses a broad mix of wooded habitats, especially humid lowland forest, river-edge forest, mature secondary growth and planted areas with tall trees.

Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae — Woodpeckers
Breeding range: South America: widespread, also Panama