Red-stained Woodpecker

Red-stained WoodpeckerThis woodpecker inhabits forests of the Amazon Basin. Males have red on the head, females lack red on the head, and both sexes have red wing spots.What does it look like?Males have a red crown and nape; females lack red on the head. Both sexes have red spots on the wing coverts.How does it live?This woodpecker inhabits forests of the Amazon Basin. Males have red on the head, females lack red on the head, and both sexes have red wing spots.It forages in the canopy and subcanopy of tall lowland forest, alone, in pairs, or in mixed flocks. It eats arthropods and fruit and may attend army-ant swarms.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.