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Woodpeckers of the World
191. CRIMSON-CRESTED WOODPECKER Campephilus melanoleucos L 34–38cm
Identification Mainly black with prominent, peaked red crest. Throat, neck and chest black. Breast, belly and undertail-coverts white or buff barred black. White line from neck onto mantle and scapulars form V-shape on back. Rest of upperparts, rump and tail black. Upperwing black, primaries tipped white when fresh. Underwing white. Iris yellow; orbital ring grey. Bill ivory or grey, base darker. Legs grey. Sexes differ: male has mostly red head, pale lores, small black and white lateral oval patch below ear-coverts; female has red crest and head sides, black ridge on crown and broad buff or white band, bordered by black from bill across lower cheek to neck. Juveniles of both sexes like adult female but duller, more heavily barred below, supercilium pale. Vocalisations Repeated queer-queerer or kwirr-kwirra, ◄ Adult male Crimsoncrested Woodpecker of the nominate race. The male has a black-and-white patch on the cheek, and a pale loral area. Amazonian Ecuador, October (Murray Cooper).
► Adult female nominate. Females differ from the males in having a black ridge to the crown and crest, and a broad whitish band from the bill to the neck. Amazonian Ecuador, October (Murray Cooper).
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