Woodpeckers: A Guide to the Woodpeckers of the WorldHoughton Mifflin, 1995 - 406 pagina's Like the other guides in the acclaimed series of International Bird Identification guides originated by Christopher Helm, Woodpeckers is comprehensive and definitive. It covers all 198 species of woodpeckers found throughout the world. Each is beautifully illustrated in color in its various plumages and described vividly and accurately, with complete information on its identifying characteristics, similar species, distribution, migration, habitat, geographical variations, voice, habits, food, and breeding behavior. References for further research are also included. Woodpeckers is an essential addition to any birder's library. |
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FOOD AND FORAGING | 22 |
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Adult male Forehead Adult male nominate Banded Woodpecker barred black barred white belly Bill black birds Black Woodpecker blackish Bolivia Brazil breeding season broad across nostrils browner brownish buff buffish Chin and throat Colombia coverts culmen curved on culmen dark brown darker ear-coverts feather tips flanks flight feathers foraging forehead and crown Forms a superspecies GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION green Green Woodpecker grey Grey-faced Woodpecker greyish HABITAT hindcrown hindneck holes IDENTIFICATION Length inner webs Juvenile duller lacks red larvae Legs and feet less Lineated Woodpecker lores lower mandible mandible mantle MEASUREMENTS Wing montane moustache moustachial stripe neck sides nest Northern Flicker olive pairs pale paler patch Plate plumage races range rear red crown red moustache red on head rufous rump sexes Similar species slightly streaked supercilium superspecies tail tarsus tertials Text and map tinged trees underparts Undertail Underwing upperparts uppertail-coverts Upperwing-coverts variable Venezuela white spots whitish woodland yellow yellowish