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Hoffmann's Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii)
Cabanis, 1862. Monotypic species.
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In Carara the distribution ranges of Melanerpes hoffmannii and M. rubricapillus converge, and most of the birds in this region are hybrids of both species. These ones show an orange coloration on nape and vent, intermediate between the yellow and red of the hybridized species.
Family Picidae (Woodpeckers)
25/ 219 species available
Carara, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Neotropical Region
Date: 7 july 2010
Author: Alex García
Acknowledgements: Randall Ortega
 
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