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A Chestnut-colored Woodpecker perched on a branch with its shaggy crest raised and a red patch on its cheek
Species

Chestnut-colored Woodpecker

Carpintero Castaño
Celeus castaneus
Family
Picidae
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern
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01Field notes

Keeps to the middle and upper levels of tall, humid selva, feeding mostly on ants and termites. It depends on mature forest and becomes scarce where the big trees are cut.

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