Woodpeckers

Red-crowned Woodpecker

Melanerpes rubricapillus

The Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus) is a 52 g woodland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Woodpeckers

Order

Piciformes

Weight

52 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname.

Where to see it: Posada El Gallo (Venezuela); Cuffie River Nature Retreat (Trinidad and Tobago); Parque del Este (Venezuela); Via Escuque-La Palma—Sector Campo Alegre y Areas Circunvecinas (Venezuela); Parque Simon Bolivar (Venezuela).

Photo: (c) Daniel Hincapie, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist