Red-crowned Woodpecker

Name: Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus) at Bodhi Mente · Birds near Tayrona
Description: In Costa Rica it hybridizes extensively with Hoffmann's Woodpecker. The hybrids are easy to spot: they have an orange nape and belly. First recorded at Bodhi Mente, Mendihuaca, on Mar 20, 2026.

Melanerpes rubricapillus

First recorded: Mar 20, 2026All year

Mixed marriages

In Costa Rica it hybridizes extensively with Hoffmann's Woodpecker. The hybrids are easy to spot: they have an orange nape and belly.

Source: Cornell Lab · eBird

Filmed at Bodhi Mente

When to see it

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All year

Where we saw it

Red-crowned Woodpecker

TRONCAL DEL CARIBEQuebrada Seca

Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillus

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