GREEN-BARRED FLICKER Colaptes melanochloros
Like the Campo Flicker, the Green-barred Flicker is an open-country woodpecker, prettier than its close relative but not quite as common. They are less sociable too, far more often seen alone or in pairs, and rather than out and out grassland they prefer at least some tree cover to at least occasionally behave as a woodpecker really should. Most of their foraging is done on the ground, hopping and probing the soil for invertebrates.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2994PH) Adult male dorsal view ssp nigroviridis, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE2995PH) Adult male ventral view ssp nigroviridis, Fortín Toledo, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2996PH) Adult male found dead ssp nigroviridis, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2997PH) Same individual as (FPAVE2996PH) upperwing (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE2998PH) Adult male ssp nmelanochloros, Tres Gigantes, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Hugo del Castillo August 2011).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE2999PH) Adult ventral view ssp melanochloros, Asunción, Departamento Central (Frank Fragano undated).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE3000PH) Adult female dorsal view ssp melanochloros, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
FIGURE 8 - (FPAVE3001PH) Adult male at nest, Itabó Itaipú Reserve, Departamento Alto Paraná (Paul Smith November 2008).
FIGURE 9 - (FPAVE4043PH) Adult male at nest, Villa Florida, Departamento Misiones (Paul Smith November 2013).
VIDEO - (FPAVE3002VI) Adult male ssp nigroviridis, Laguna Capitán, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith September 2006).
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Colaptes melanchloros
1 (FPAVE3003RE) call notes ssp. nigroviridis  recorded Laguna Bombacha, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith October 2008).
2 (FPAVE3004RE) call notes ssp. melanochloros  recorded  Itabó Itaipú Reserve, Departamento Alto Paraná (Myriam Velázquez September 2003). 
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