Subject: [Tweeters] RE that Woodpecker & Snake video
Date: Jul 30 23:11:19 2010
From: vogelfreund at comcast.net - vogelfreund at comcast.net


Here's the link again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipdiai7or_o&feature=related

It states that it was filmed in Brazil. According to my old "Woodpeckers of the World" book by Lester Short (1982), it seems to be a Crimson Crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos), and comes in various subspecies and sizes. It is a super species with C. gayaquilensis and C.Guatemalensis. I haven't tried to keep up with all the latest field guides.

Phil Hotlen
Bellingham, WA