Ribbon Woodpecker

Ribbon Woodpecker
	Banded woodpecker ( Colaptes pitius )
Systematics
Class :	Birds (aves)
Order :	Woodpecker birds (Piciformes)
Family :	Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Subfamily :	Real woodpeckers (Picinae)
Genre :	Gold woodpeckers ( Colaptes )
Type :	Ribbon Woodpecker
Scientific name
	Colaptes pitius
	( Molina , 1782)

Ribbon Woodpecker at the breeding cave

The banded woodpecker ( Colaptes pitius ) is a bird from the family of the woodpeckers (Picidae) found in South America .

features

Ribbon woodpeckers reach an average body length of 30 centimeters and a weight of 100 to 163 grams. There is only a very slight sexual dimorphism between the sexes . In the males the head is colored slate gray to dark brown up to the neck, sometimes with pale red spots, which are always absent in the females. In both sexes, the color of the chest and stomach area shows a white-yellow color and a brownish banding. The face is milky white to yellowish white. The birds have conspicuously brown and white transversely banded wings and also marked back plumage. The rump is whitish. The long, light and dark brown banded control feathers are wedge-shaped and serve as a support when moving on tree trunks. The beak is blackish, the iris is yellowish. Legs and feet are olive gray.

distribution and habitat

The banded woodpecker occurs in the center and south of Chile and in the south-west of Argentina . The main habitat of the species are open forests, plantations and meadows rich in bushes at altitudes between 600 and 1000 meters. In winter, the birds were also found all the way down to sea level.

Way of life

The birds feed on various insects, primarily ants (Formicidae) and their brood. Even scorpions (Scorpiones) and maggots are sometimes destroyed. The food is searched almost exclusively on the ground, where the woodpeckers also predominantly stay. They only retreat into trees in the event of disturbances or danger. The hatchery takes place between October and December. The typical woodpecker nest is built as a cave in a dead tree trunk. A nest cavity is equipped with four to six eggs. The breeding and nestling times are not yet documented.

Danger

The banded woodpecker is not threatened in its range and is therefore classified by the IUCN as a " least concern ".

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e H. Winkler & DA Christie (2017). Chilean Flicker (Colaptes pitius). In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, DA Christie & E. de Juana (eds.): Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (viewed at http://www.hbw.com/node/56271 on July 15, 2017)
↑ dissemination
^ IUCN Red List

literature

Josep del Hoyo , Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal : Handbook of the Birds of the World, Jacamars to Woodpeckers. Volume 7, Lynx Edicions, 2002, ISBN 978-84-87334-37-5 .

Web links

Commons : Ribbon Woodpecker - collection of images, videos and audio files

avibase - Avibase

[Winkler-1] H. Winkler & DA Christie (2017). Chilean Flicker (Colaptes pitius). In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, DA Christie & E. de Juana (eds.): Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (viewed at http://www.hbw.com/node/56271 on July 15, 2017)

[2] ssemination

[3] IUCN Red List