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PALE-CRESTED WOODPECKER Celeus lugubris
A crazy-looking woodpecker with a striking blonde hair-do that earns him the nickname "Billy Idol" amongst local birders. This is the dry forest representative of a superspecies that includes another "Billy Idol", the Blond-crested Woodpecker, its geographic replacement in the Atlantic forests of the Orient.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2245PH) Adult male, Jardín Botaníco de Asunción, Departamento Central (Paul Smith June 2009).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE2246PH) Adult male, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Derek Onley July 2010).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2247PH) Adult male, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Derek Onley July 2010).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2248PH) Adult female, Madrejón, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE2249PH) Adult female, Madrejón, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Andy Holman July 2006).
VIDEO - (FPAVE3375VI) Adult feeding, Tres Gigantes, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith July 2012).
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Celeus lugubris
1 (FPAVE2250RE) call  recorded Punto Alto, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Myriam Velázquez January 2003).
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