Yellow-fronted Woodpecker - Melanerpes flavifrons

Yellow-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes flavifrons)

Parque de Zizo, São Paulo, Brazil
November 2006

The Yellow-fronted Woodpecker is a southern replacement for the Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus) of the Amazon basin. It is found mainly in Brazil from Bahia and Minas Gerais southwards as well as in Paraguay and northern Argentina.

Its forehead and throat are bright yellow while, in the male, the crown and nape are red.

It drums on tall trees and flies from tree to tree singing "benedito"

There is an illustration in Sick, Plate 25.

Female Yellow-fronted Woodpecker, Parque de Zizo, São Paulo, Brazil, November 2006 - click for larger image

Male & Female Yellow-fronted Woodpecker, Parque de Zizo, São Paulo, Brazil, November 2006 - click for larger image

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