Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Red-necked Woodpecker (Campephilus rubricollis) - HBW 7, p. 531
French: Pic à cou rouge
German: Rothalsspecht
Spanish: Picamaderos Cuellirrojo
Taxonomy: Picus rubricollis Boddaert, 1783, Cayenne.
Formerly placed in genus Phloeoceastes with seven other species, all of which are now lumped into Campephilus. Race trachelopyrus intergrades with nominate in SW of range. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rubricollis (Boddaert, 1783) - E Colombia and E Ecuador to Venezuela, the Guianas and N Brazil (N of Amazon).
- trachelopyrus (Malherbe, 1857) - NE Peru and W Brazil (S of Amazon) S to WC Bolivia (La Paz).
- olallae (Gyldenstolpe, 1945) - Brazil S of Amazon, from R Madeira E to Pará and Maranhão, and S to C Bolivia (Cochabamba) and N Mato Grosso.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female calling, and occasionally preening, while clinging on a trunk. Locality Zanderij International Airport, Para District, Suriname (ssp rubricollis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 11 June 2011 29 weeks ago 38 sec 4 -
A female in a tree pecking on a thick branch and feeding Locality Shiripuno River, Pastaza Province, Ecuador (ssp rubricollis)
Josep del Hoyo 24 August 2007 4 years ago 57 sec 3.4 -
An individual moving along with a feeding flock, landing close to the ground to inspect the bark of a thin tree Locality Río Grande, Venezuela
DAVID ASCANIO 1 July 2011 36 weeks ago 6 sec 3.3 -
A female moving up a trunk and then calling. Locality Zanderij International Airport, Para District, Suriname (ssp rubricollis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 11 June 2011 29 weeks ago 26 sec 3.3 -
Two Red-necked Woodpeckers. Locality Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
marmoset 1 August 2009 2 years ago 5 sec 3.1 -
A male on the side of a trunk Locality Cocha Blanco, Manu Wildlife Center, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Keith Blomerley 24 November 2004 2 years ago 21 sec 2.4
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A male on the tree
Locality Shiripuno Lodge, Pastaza Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 8 September 2010 23 weeks ago 3.8 -
Feeding on beetles on a tree trunk
Locality Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana (ssp rubricollis)
dreyernp 16 January 2012 14 weeks ago 3.3 -
A female perched on a tree.
Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp olallae)
Carmelo López 20 November 2011 23 weeks ago 3.3 -
Young male in hand
Locality Trésor Reserve, French Guiana
maxcobigo 24 October 2009 2 years ago 3 -
A female feeding on a trunk
Locality Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 1 October 2008 3 years ago 3 -
Red-necked Woodpecker (Campephilus rubricollis) on a 5 Gulden bank note from Surine (2000)
Locality Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname
Captain Peter 1 year ago 2
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Alarm calls Locality Kaw-Roura Nature Reserve, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 3 July 2010 1 year ago 4 -
The strong double rap characteristic of the drum of this and other Campephilus woodpeckers. Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil
(ssp rubricollis)
Josep del Hoyo 28 July 2011 35 weeks ago 3 -
Calls Locality Pousada Rio Azul, Pará State, Brazil
(ssp olallae)
Bradley Davis 1 August 2007 2 years ago 3
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