Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

WoodlandCavity nestMedium · 241 g

Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis), photo 5 — Photo: (c) tomas_kay, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis), photo 6 — Photo: (c) sandy-espinozaf, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Demian Hiß, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Ryan F. Mandelbaum, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The Guayaquil woodpecker is 32 to 34 cm (13 to 13 in) long and weighs 230 to 253 g (8.1 to 8.9 oz). Both sexes' upperparts are black from their neck to upper back; their lower back to the uppertail coverts is barred with whitish buff and blackish. Their neck has white stripes on the side that continue onto the upper back and meet as a "V". Their wings' upper surface is brownish black to black; the flight feathers are browner with small cinnamon or buff spots on their inner webs.

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When to see the Guayaquil Woodpecker

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Guayaquil Woodpecker

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Peru Colombia

About the Guayaquil Woodpecker

The Guayaquil woodpecker is a woodpecker from the subfamily Picinae.

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Easily confused with

Magellanic WoodpeckerCampephilus magellanicusThe Magellanic woodpecker is 36 to 45 cm (14 to 18 in) in length.

Robust WoodpeckerCampephilus robustusThe robust woodpecker is 32 to 37 cm (13 to 15 in) long and weighs 230 to 294 g (8.1 to 10 oz).

Cream-backed WoodpeckerCampephilus leucopogonThe cream-backed woodpecker is 28 to 30 cm (11 to 12 in) long and weighs 203 to 281 g (7.2 to 9.9 oz).

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