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.

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.

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.

Picid in Focus: Cuban Green Woodpecker

Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus. Endemic to Cuba. Photo of this female (note the black forecrown, males have all of the crown red) taken by Gerard Gorman near Los Palacios in March, 2013.

Picid in Focus: Golden-olive Woodpecker

Male Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus. Note the red malar stripe on the cheek, which females lack. This is a quite widespread species of C and S America. Photo by Gerard Gorman taken in Peru, November 2012.

Picid in Focus: Fine-spotted Woodpecker

Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera female. Male has all-red crown and red malar stripe. A typical species of open, wooded savanna in West and Central Africa. Mole NP, Ghana, Gerard Gorman.