Wednesday 22 January 2014

Picid in Focus: female Stripe-breasted Woodpecker

Adult female Stripe-breasted Woodpecker 
Dendrocopos atratus. Males have red on the crown. Photo taken at Chiang Dao, NW Thailand, November 2013, by Gerard Gorman.

Saturday 11 January 2014

Picid in Focus: Arrowhead Piculet male

Arrowhead Piculet Picumnus minutissimus is probably endemic to Surinam in NE South America - it is unclear whether it occurs in neighbouring countries. This male was photographed at Peperpot, Surinam, in January 2014, by Jean-Louis Rousselle.

Friday 3 January 2014

Blood-coloured Woodpecker pair

A rare shot of a pair of copulating Blood-coloured Woodpeckers Veniliornis sanguineus. Peperpot, Surinam, January 2014, by Jean-Louis Rousselle.