Monday 29 April 2013

Sounds: Northern Flicker

This race Colaptes auratus chrysocaulosus is endemic to Cuba.

A female making a typical sharp call

Recorded near the Zapata Swamp, Cuba, 2013, by Gerard Gorman.

Monday 22 April 2013

Picid in Focus: Crimson-bellied Woodpecker

Male Crimson-bellied Woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster. The sexes are fairly similar - females have a pale stripe down the sides of the neck which males lack. Photo taken in Peru in November 2012 by Gerard Gorman.

Saturday 13 April 2013

Sounds: Cuban Green Woodpecker

This species is endemic to Cuba.

A male making typical call

Recorded in the Zapata Swamp, Cuba, 2013, by Gerard Gorman.

Tuesday 2 April 2013

Picid in Focus: West Indian Woodpecker

Male West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris. Note that all the crown is red, females have black rear-crown and red only on the nape. Photo by Gerard Gorman, Cuba, March 2013.