Chestnut Woodpecker Celeus elegans
Male Chestnut Woodpecker, Carajás, Paraá, Brazil, January 2002 - click for larger image Brazil and Ecuador

The Chestnut Woodpecker is fairly large at 28cm. (11") and, as its name implies, is generally chestnut in colour with little or no barring, yellowish rump and flanks, a yellow bill and a hammerhead with prominent crest. The male has a red malar stripe.

Chestnut Woodpecker, Sani Lodge, Sucumbios, Ecuador, November 2019 - click for larger image It is found in forest in the Amazon and Orinoco Basins where it gleans insects, larvae, etc., from bark and also feeds on termite nests in the trees. Another source of food is fruit. See the distribution map at Birdlife International.
Chestnut Woodpecker, Carajás, Paraá, Brazil, Octber 2005 - click for larger image
Chestnut Woodpecker, Sani Lodge, Sucumbios, Ecuador, November 2019 - click for larger image
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