Magellanic Woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus)
Magellanic Woodpecker, Puyehue National Park, Chile, November 2005 - click for larger image Puyehue National Park, Chile
November 2005

The Magellanic Woodpecker is distributed in the Andes and lowlands of southern Chile and in adjacent areas of south-west Argentina. It is found in Southern Beech Nothofagus and Cypress Cupressus forest particularly where there are stands of old trees (which look truly magnificent) and often where there is a bamboo understorey.

Female Magellanic Woodpecker, Puyehue National Park, Chile, November 2005 - click for larger image It is a large and striking woodpecker. The male has an entirely red head with a pointed crest while the female has a black head with dark red on the face and a very long black pointed crest. It has white on the underwings and on the tips of the tertials and secondaries which show up as a white strip on the back when at rest.
Female Magellanic Woodpecker, Puyehue National Park, Chile, November 2005 - click for larger image
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