Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
Photo © Dan Vickers
Photo © Dan Vickers — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist #255879818The chestnut-colored woodpecker (Celeus castaneus) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. == Taxonomy and systematics == The chestnut-colored woodpecker is monotypic. == Description == The chestnut-colored woodpecker is 21.5 to 25 cm (8.5 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 80 to 105 g (2.8 to 3.7 oz). Both sexes' heads are dull ochraceous or tawny with a pointed crest. Males are bright red from the lores to behind the eye and down to the throat; the chin and upper throat sometimes also have some red. Females have no red. Both sexes of adults have rufous-chestnut upperparts with a cinnamon-buff rump and black bars on the back and uppertail coverts. Their flight feathers are rufous-chestnut with some dusky brown tips. Their tail feathers are dull black with chestnut bases. Their underparts are chestnut heavily marked with black "V" or "U" shapes. Individuals have some variation in the intensity of the black markings, especially the bars on their upperparts. The adult's bill is ivory-yellow with a blue-green tinge at its base, their iris chestnut or garnet brown, and their legs dark olive…
Barra del Colorado National Wildlife Refuge
Braulio Carrillo National Park
Cahuita National Park
Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge
Gandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge
La Amistad International Park
Laguna del Tigre National Park
Montes Azules
Sian Ka’an
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