CAMPO FLICKER Colaptes campestris
The last place most people would expect to see a woodpecker is in a grassland, but that is where the Campo Flicker makes his home ("Campo" is Spanish for "Field"). He is actually quite a terrestrial bird, hopping on the ground and probing for invertebrates. One of his favourite foods are termites, and the Paraguayan countryside is dotted with termite mounds each showing a woodpecker hole near the top, indicative of the Flicker´s handywork. Flickers are sociable birds and get their name from their excitable greeting displays, involving loud calling and manic flicking of the wings.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE3681PH) Adult ssp campestroides, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Clyde Morris November 2008).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE3682PH) Adult ssp campestroides, Ruinas Jesuiticas de Trinidad, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith December 2006).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE3683PH) Flock ssp campestroides, Estancia Kanguery, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE3684PH) Adult female ssp. campestroides, location unknown (Frank Fragano undated).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE3685PH) Adult ssp campestris dorsal, Arroyos y Esteros km74, Departamento Cordillera (Paul Smith October 2008):
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE3686PH) Adult ssp campestris, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE3687PH) Adult ssp campestris at nest, Arroyos y Esteros, Departamento Cordillera (Paul Smith October 2012).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE3688VI) Same individual as (FPAVE3687PH) calling (Paul Smith October 2012).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE3689VI) Adult male, Itabó Itaipú Reserve, Departamento Alto Paraná (Paul Smith September 2006).
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Colaptes campestris
1 (FPAVE3690RE) Calls  recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
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