Woodpeckers

Guatemalan Flicker

Colaptes mexicanoides

The Guatemalan Flicker (Colaptes mexicanoides) is a 131 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Woodpeckers

Order

Piciformes

Weight

131 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertivore

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

5

Recorded in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador.

Where to see it: Finca Rubel Chaim (acceso restringido) (Guatemala); RNP Chajbaoc (Guatemala); Reserva El Jaguar (Nicaragua); RNP Los Tarrales · sendero La Rinconada (Guatemala); Barrio La Leona (FW) (Honduras).

Photo: (c) Grete Pasch, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist