Member of the Picidae Family: Woodpeckers … Sapsuckers … Flickers
Distribution / Habitat:
The Red-rumped Woodpecker (Veniliornis kirkii): is a resident breeding bird from Costa Rica south and east to Ecuador, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago. The habitat of this small woodpecker is forests, more open woodland, and cultivation.
Nesting / Breeding:
Two or three white eggs are laid in a nest hole in a dead tree.
Distribution:
The Red-rumped Woodpecker is 16.5 cm long and weighs 28g. Adults are mainly golden-olive above with a few buff spots on the wings, and a red rump. Their buff-white underparts are finely barred with dark brown, and the tail is blackish brown. The bill is black. Adult males have a red crown and yellow nape. In adult females, the crown is dark brown and the nape orange-brown.
Diet:
Red-rumped Woodpeckers mainly eat insects.
Call / Song:
The call of this bird is a repeated quee-quee-quee. Both sexes drum rapidly.
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