Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Czech | datel královský |
Dutch | Zwartkeelspecht |
English | Crimson-crested Woodpecker |
English (United States) | Crimson-crested Woodpecker |
French | Pic de Malherbe |
French (France) | Pic de Malherbe |
German | Schwarzkehlspecht |
Japanese | ハナジロエボシゲラ |
Norwegian | høvdingspett |
Polish | dzięcioł szkarłatnoczuby |
Portuguese (Brazil) | pica-pau-de-topete-vermelho |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Pica-pau-de-barrete-vermelho |
Russian | Черногорлый дятел |
Serbian | Crvenoćuba žuna |
Slovak | chochlák čiernohrdlý |
Spanish | Picamaderos Barbinegro |
Spanish (Argentina) | Carpintero Garganta Negra |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Carpintero Cresticarmesí |
Spanish (Panama) | Carpintero Crestirrojo |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Carpintero garganta negra |
Spanish (Peru) | Carpintero de Cresta Roja |
Spanish (Spain) | Picamaderos barbinegro |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Carpintero Real Pico Amarillo |
Swedish | rödtofsspett |
Turkish | Al Tepeli Ağaçkakan |
Ukrainian | Дятел-кардинал чорногорлий |
SPECIES
Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
Connor Rosenblatt
Version: 1.0 — Published September 14, 2012
Version: 1.0 — Published September 14, 2012
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Diet and Foraging
Diet
The Crimson-crested Woodpecker forages largely for insects such as Coleoptera, Isoptera, Lepidoptera (larvae of Pyralidae), and ants (Haverschmidt 1968, Short 1975). Termites may be a possible food, as one female was observed apparently feeding on termites (Kilham 1972). Also consumes some fruit, such as berries of Loranthaceae (Haverschmidt 1968) and "tiny yellow seeds" (Willard et al. 1991).