Woodpeckers

Hispaniolan Woodpecker

Melanerpes striatus

The Hispaniolan Woodpecker (Melanerpes striatus) is a 73 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Woodpeckers

Order

Piciformes

Weight

73 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

2

Recorded in Dominican Rep., Haiti.

Where to see it: US Embassy (Haiti); Cite Lumiere (Haiti); Casa Jardín Nativo, Abreu, Cabrera (Dominican Republic); Labadie (Haiti); HT-SE PNLV Kay Jim 18.323-72.263 (Haiti).

Photo: (c) Sandra Keller, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist