Male Bamboo Woodpecker

Male Bamboo Woodpecker Gecinulus viridis, near Fraser's Hill, Peninsular Malaysia, July 2016. Photo by Gerard Gorman. 

Bay Woodpecker

Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis, Fraser's Hill, Peninsular Malaysia, July 2016. Photo by Gerard Gorman. This is a female, males have red on the lower neck sides.

New Book: Developments in Woodpecker Biology

This recently published book contains 8 papers by different authors on a range of subjects including woodpecker systematics, morphology, cognition, ecology, breeding biology and population densities. It is edited by Hans Winkler and published by the Biologiezentrum des Oberosterreichischen Landesmuseum in Linz, Austria. I am honoured to have a paper of my own included: Foraging signs and cavities of some European woodpeckers (Picidae): Identifying the clues that lead to establishing the presence of species. Gerard Gorman.

West Indian Woodpecker - male

Adult male West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris. Males have an all red crown, whereas females are red only on the nape. This is the nominate race superciliaris which has much black around the eyes. Photo by Gerard Gorman, Cuba, March 2016.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at its wells

This is a female (note the white throat) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius). Note the sap wells on the coco-palm tree. This species does not breed in Cuba, but winters in good numbers. The hole is probably not hers. Photo: Gerard Gorman, March, 2016, in Cuba.

Fernandina's Flicker

Fernandina's Flicker (Colaptes fernandinae). Adult male: note the black malar. Cuba, March 2016. Photo: Gerard Gorman. A localised and vulnerable endemic woodpecker of Cuba.