monaco eye birds

Field Flicker

Field Flicker - Colaptes campestris campestroides - detail
Field Flicker - Colaptes campestris campestroides - that looks painful!
Field Flicker - Colaptes campestris campestroides - in flight
Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Mostardas, Brazil • November 2009

Bird name: Field Flicker
Latin: Colaptes campestris campestroides
Other: Colaptes campestroides • Pica-pau-do-campo • Chanchã • Chanchão • Pica-pau-de-manga • Pica-pau-malhado • Carpintero Campestre
Family: Picidae • Woodpeckers • Flickers

The Field Flicker is a subspecies of Campo Flicker with a white throat. I believe males may have red moustaches (below) and females black moustaches (above).


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Field Flicker - Colaptes campestris campestroides
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