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Red Crowned Woodpecker

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The Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus) is a resident breeding bird from southwestern Costa Rica south to Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and Tobago. Red-crowned Woodpeckers feed on insects, but will take fruit and visit nectar feeders. For more details from Wikipedia about the Red Crowned Woodpecker please see this page here.

Red Crowned Woodpecker

Red Crowned Woodpecker

This image was taken in the country side near Rio de Jesus, Veraguas, Panama.

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