Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Andean Flicker (Colaptes rupicola) - HBW 7, p. 515
French: Pic des rochers
German: Andenspecht
Spanish: Carpintero Andino
Taxonomy: Colaptes rupicola d’Orbigny, 1840, no locality = Sicasica, La Paz, Bolivia.
Races interbreed in Peru. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cinereicapillus Reichenbach, 1854 - extreme S Ecuador (SE Loja) and N Peru (Piura, Amazonas).
- puna Cabanis, 1883 - C & S Peru.
- rupicola d’Orbigny, 1840 - W, C & S Bolivia, N Chile (Tarapacá) and NW Argentina (Jujuy S to Catamarca).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched on a pole, later foraging on a field. Locality Rincón, Huánuco Department, Peru (ssp puna)
Yoel Jimenez 4 November 2012 5 weeks ago 30 sec 4.7 -
A male calling on a rock Locality Lauca National Park, Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile (ssp rupicola)
Max Roth 31 March 2002 7 years ago 35 sec 4.5 -
searching food Locality Rincón, Huánuco Department, Peru (ssp puna)
Daniêl Jimenez 2 November 2012 20 weeks ago 35 sec 4.4 -
side view of male perched on rock (one of several at roadside colony) Locality Lauca National Park, Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile (ssp rupicola)
Martin Kennewell 28 November 2011 1 year ago 36 sec 4.4 -
A female foraging on the ground Locality Cerro Tunari, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia (ssp rupicola)
Frank Witebsky 2004 5 years ago 32 sec 4.3 -
A bird on a rock Locality Lauca National Park, Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile (ssp rupicola)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2003 9 years ago 27 sec 4.3
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Very close to the road along the lake.
Locality Junín National Reserve, Peru (ssp puna)
Cock Reijnders 20 September 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
Trinity of Andean Flickers on a lichen covered stone
Locality Tiwanaku Archaeological Site, Tiwanaku, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Tomas Grim 28 September 2003 14 weeks ago 4.2 -
Female bird in a rock
Locality Junín National Reserve, Peru (ssp puna)
auf 1 August 2008 3 years ago 4.2 -
Male
Locality Cerro de Pasco, Pasco Department, Peru (ssp puna)
Marc FASOL 3 September 2011 23 weeks ago 4 -
A lonely individual on the floor near to a Polylepis forest
Locality Huascarán National Park, Ancash Department, Peru
Roberto Pujana 9 January 2012 1 year ago 4 -
Male in a rock
Locality Junín National Reserve, Peru (ssp puna)
auf 1 August 2008 3 years ago 4
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Song. Locality Junín Department, Peru
(ssp puna)
Nick Athanas 3 May 2008 3 years ago 4
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