White-mantled woodpecker

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White-mantled woodpecker
White-mantled woodpecker (male)

White-mantled woodpecker (male)

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Woodpecker birds (Piciformes)
Family : Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Genre : Campephilus
Type : White-mantled woodpecker
Scientific name
Campephilus leucopogon
( Valenciennes , 1826)

The white- mantled woodpecker ( Campephilus leucopogon ) is a Neotropical woodpecker from the genus Campephilus . It occurs in Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil. The species is considered to be monotypical .

features

The white-mantled woodpecker reaches a size of 28 to 30 cm and a weight of 203 to 281 g. The male has a small, oval, black and white spot on the lower posterior ear-covers. The rest of the head and the hood are red. Red feather tips can be seen at variable distances along the neck. In the worn plumage they turn black. The coat feathers are white with light beige-cinnamon-colored tips. The back and tail-coverts are black. Sometimes the middle of the back has some black-banded yellow-brown feathers. The upper wings are black. The hand and arm wings have a large, light cinnamon-colored area towards the bases of the inner flags. The top and bottom of the tail are black. The lower wings are black, light cinnamon-colored on the bases of the hand and arm wings and whitish to pale cinnamon-colored on the under wing-coverts on the front wing edge. The long, ivory-colored bill is straight, chisel-shaped and very broad above the nostrils. The iris is light yellow, the legs are gray. The female has a longer hood than the male. The areas from the forehead to the center of the hood, around the eyes and along the back of the ear covers are black. A black-lined, broad, cream-colored cheek stripe runs from the base of the beak to the lower ear covers. The neck and upper chin are black. The juvenile birds the head is more orange and less intense colored red. The young male resembles the adult female, but the crown and bonnet are more red and the white cheek stripe is interspersed with red feathers. The chin is more black. In the young female, the red color is limited to the rear parting and the back of the hood.

Vocalizations

The call is a “pi-ow” or “kwee-yaw” that is sometimes repeated. Whirring tones can be heard when the partners meet. The drumming is a double thump.

habitat

The habitat includes dry forests in the Gran Chaco , savannahs, meadows with trees, groves and forests in the transition zone at altitudes up to 2500 m.

Eating behavior

Outside the breeding season, the white-mantled woodpecker lives solitary. The diet consists of beetle larvae. It searches for food in large trees, isolated trees in open areas and fallen tree trunks, pulling the larvae out of the bark by powerful hammering. Picking and drilling are less common.

Reproductive behavior

The breeding season is mainly in September, but can extend into October and November. The nest box is built in a tree or palm tree at a height of 6 to 8 m. The nest opening is teardrop-shaped. Both parents take care of the nestlings. Information on clutch size, incubation time and nestling time is not available.

status

BirdLife International classifies the white-mantled woodpecker as "not endangered" ( least concern ). There is little inventory data, it is probably rare. The white- mantled woodpecker is found in several protected areas, including the Parque Nacional El Rey, the Calilegua National Park and the Parque y reserva natural Chancaní in Argentina.

literature

  • Hans Winkler, David Christie: Family Picidae (Woodpeckers). In: Josep del Hoyo , Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal : Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 2002, ISBN 84-87334-37-7 , p. 533.

Web links

Commons : Campephilus leucopogon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IOC World Bird List Woodpeckers