Hispaniolan Woodpecker (Melanerpes striatus) Location: RIO HAINA,Dominican Republic Date :12.05.2014 The Hispaniolan woodpecker (Melanerpes striatus): Is a medium sized woodpecker found in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. The woodpeckers habitat maily restricted to Haiti and Dominican republic.Also found few caribbean islands inther Greater Antilles Found all over the islands from sea level to 2400mtr above. Normally feeds on fruits,insects and tree sap(tree juice/liquid). Some places this birds are considered as agricultural pest for sufficiently abundant in numbers especially near fruit orchards , It is a very attractive woodpecker with a largely red crown and nape (most extensive in males, which also have distinctively longer bills), gray cheeks, black and yellow-green barred upperparts, a red rump and black tail, and dark buffy-olive underparts. It nests in tree-cavities and breeds in loose colonies of up to 20 pairs to protect nesting bank.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 07:54:36 +0000
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