Macaulay Library Photos for West Indian Woodpecker
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SPECIES
West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris
Robert A. Askins, Michael E. Akresh, and William K. Hayes
Version: 2.0 — Published October 29, 2020
Version: 2.0 — Published October 29, 2020
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© Juan Carlos Sepúlveda-Peña
© Johan Chaves
© Craig Watson
© Geoff Malosh
© Christoph Moning
© Claire Bélanger
Male West Indian Woodpecker (left) with male Northern Flicker (right).
© Hank Davis
Male West Indian Woodpecker (upper right) with male Northern Flicker (lower left).
© Hank Davis
© Greg Baker
© Stu Elsom
© Holger Teichmann
Male.
Males have pale or dark red nasal tufts, with the forehead, cheeks, and sides of forecrown buffy white. The crown, nape, and hindneck are red with a narrow black supercilium from around the eye backwards along side of mid-crown. The upperparts are buffy or yellowish white (whiter when worn) barred with black.
© Juan Carlos Sepúlveda-Peña
Male.
Secondaries and tertials are black barred with white, with black primaries tipped white (when fresh) and white at bases forming a patch.
© Mikko Pyhälä
Male.
Secondaries and tertials are black barred with white, with black primaries tipped white (when fresh) and white at bases forming a patch. The rump is relatively less barred, with white uppertail coverts with narrow black horseshoe markings.
© Knut Hansen
Male.
The chin and throat are pale gray to whitish, tinged buffy or yellow brown. Underparts are grayish; the breast strongly tinged buffy brown, becoming paler olive-yellow on lower breast, with the central belly tinged red to orange red. The flanks and undertail coverts are whitish with black arrowhead barring.
© Dave Curtis
© Dusan Brinkhuizen
© Allan Hopkins
Female.
© Jeremiah Trimble
Female.
© Hal and Kirsten Snyder
Male (subspecies nyeanus).
© Michael Akresh
Male and female (subspecies nyeanus).
© Michael Akresh
Male (subspecies blakei).
© Daniel Lebbin
Female (subspecies blakei).
© Brad Bergstrom
Juvenile (subspecies blakei).
© Andrew Dobson
Male (subspecies superciliaris).
© Simon Boivin
Female (subspecies superciliaris).
© Holger Teichmann
Male (subspecies murceus).
© Hadrien Bourdon
Male (subspecies murceus).
© Brooke Keeney
Male (subspecies caymanensis).
© Marcia Horman
Female (subspecies caymanensis).
© Denny Swaby
Juveniles (subspecies caymanensis).
© Nick Ebanks
Exemplar palm habitat: Matanzas, Cuba.
© Alan Kneidel
Exemplar forest habitat: North Side, Cayman Islands.
© Robert O'Connell
Foraging in epiphyte.
© Thomas Hinnebusch
Foraging at large fruit.
© Thomas Hinnebusch
Foraging at cashew nut.
© Denny Swaby
Foraging.
© Kamella Boullé
Foraging in for berries.
© Becky Marvil
Drinking at bromeliad.
© Kristof Zyskowski
Possible territorial interaction between females.
© Hank Davis
Possible territorial interaction between females.
© Hank Davis
Aggressive posture with American Kestrel (Falco sparverius).
© Oscar Johnson
© Allan Hopkins
Male at cavity.
© Philippe Bigué
Male at possible nest site.
© Richard Garrigues
Male at cavity.
© R. Stineman
Cavity in utility pole.
© Daniel Lebbin
Male at cavity.
© Christoph Moning
Male at cavity.
© Holger Teichmann