Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Chilean Flicker (Colaptes pitius) - HBW 7, p. 514
French: Pic du Chili
German: Bänderspecht
Spanish: Carpintero Pitío
Taxonomy: Picus Pitius Molina, 1782, Chile.
Birds in S Argentina named as race cachinnans on basis of proportionately shorter tail, but differences are insignificant. Monotypic.
Distribution: C & S Chile (Coquimbo S to C Magellanes) and adjacent SW Argentina (Neuquén S to W Santa Cruz).
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A female on a pole, a male coming and the pair copulating Locality Estancia Rupai Pacha, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Tere Pardo 3 October 2004 7 years ago 33 sec 4.4 -
Three birds around a nest-hole Locality Olmué, Chile (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 14 October 2003 8 years ago 25 sec 4 -
A female looking around on the top of a branch Locality Puerto Varas, Los Lagos Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Frank Witebsky 2005 5 years ago 29 sec 3.9 -
A bird feeding on the ground Locality Estancia Rupai Pacha, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Tere Pardo 3 October 2004 7 years ago 32 sec 3.3 -
rear view perched high on top of pine tree Locality La Campana National Park, Chile (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 20 November 2011 1 year ago 25 sec 3.3 -
A male perched in front of a nest-hole Locality Olmué, Chile (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 14 October 2003 8 years ago 10 sec 2.7
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A bird perched on a Nothofagus
Locality El Chaltén, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Roberto Pujana 16 December 2011 51 weeks ago 4.2 -
Chilean Flicker
Locality El Chaltén, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Leandro Herrainz 28 weeks ago 4 -
A bird nesting on a nothofagus, still excavating the nest
Locality Los Glaciares National Park, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Santiago Imberti 17 November 2005 1 year ago 3.6 -
Female
Locality Nahuel Huapi National Park, Patagonia, Argentina
Kees Scharringa 16 February 2012 1 year ago 3.4 -
On a branch
Locality Torres del Paine National Park, Magallanes Region, Chile
oleicfrisbee 1 year ago 3.4 -
Female with male nearby
Locality Nahuel Huapi National Park, Patagonia, Argentina
Kees Scharringa 16 February 2012 1 year ago 3
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Long song. Locality San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén Province, Argentina
Nacho Areta 1 March 2008 3 years ago 4
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