crimson-crested woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos) Description
English: Male Crimson-crested Woodpecker, Orinoco Delta, Venezuela
Date August 2008
Author http://www.birdphotos.com
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crimson-crestewoodpecker.jpg
The crimson-crested woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos) is a very large woodpecker which is a resident breeding bird from Panama south to northern border regions of Argentina, and on Trinidad. The crimson-crested woodpecker somewhat resembles the pileated woodpecker of North America, but may be confused in its own range with the lineated woodpecker. It is one of the largest woodpeckers in its range, though the higher elevation powerful woodpecker is roughly the same size. Order: Piciformes, Family: Picidae, Species: Campephilus melanoleucos (Gmelin, 1788)
