White-spotted Woodpecker ( Veniliornis spilogaster )
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White-spotted Woodpecker
18cm. Identification: it is a small woodpecker with drab colors. The body is brown, heavily spotted and barred in darker shades of brown and with some white spots below. The male has reddish regions in the head.
Very little is known about this woodpecker, probably due to its inconspicuous colors and behavior.
It lives in areas with plenty of trees as parks, woods and secondary forests. This woodpecker occurs mainly in the medium and higher forest levels, rarely coming to the ground.
Like other woodpeckers it feeds on insects it collects from tree trunks and also on berries.
