Everything about The Red-crowned Woodpecker totally explained
The
Red-crowned Woodpecker,
Melanerpes rubricapillus, is a resident breeding
bird from southwestern
Costa Rica south to
Colombia,
Venezuela, the
Guianas and
Tobago.
This
woodpecker occurs in forests and semi-open woodland and cultivation. It nests in a hole in a dead tree or large
cactus. The clutch is two eggs, incubated by both sexes, which fledge after 31-33 days.
Adults are 20.5 cm long and weigh 48g. They have a zebra-barred black and white back and wings and a white rump. The tail is black with some white barring, and the underparts are pale buff-brown.
The male has a red crown patch and nape. The female has a buff crown and duller nape. Immature birds are duller, particularly in the red areas of the head and neck.
M. r. terricolor of Tobago is larger and darker-breasted than the nominate race.
Red-crowned Woodpeckers feed on
insects, but will take fruit and visit nectar feeders.
This common and conspicuous species gives a rattling
krrrrrl call and both sexes drum on territory.
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