HELMETED WOODPECKER Dryocopus galeatus ATLANTIC FOREST VULNERABLE
Once considered "South America´s Ivorybill" the Helmeted Woodpecker is an extremely scarce and difficult to observe species. It inhabits the densest areas of the Atlantic Forest where it is easily overlooked when not calling. Just a few short decades ago it was known from only a handful of specimens, partly because the bulk of the population is in Paraguay, which is seriously underwatched, and partly because only recently have obervers become familiar with the vocalisations of the species.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE947PH) Adult male, Puerto Peninsula, PN Iguazu, Argentina (Juan Mazar Barnett undated).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE948PH) Adult female, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel December 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE3355PH) Adult female dorsal, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith June 2012).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE3423PH) Adult female lateral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Ville Lintusaari June 2012).
VIDEO - (FPAVE3354VI) Adult male, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith June 2012).
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Dryocopus galeatus
1 (FPAVE949RE) Three-note call Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Candindeyú (Alberto Madroño April 1996).
2 (FPAVE950RE) Contact call Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Candindeyú (Alberto Madroño April 1996).
3 (FPAVE951RE) Drumming Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Candindeyú (Alberto Madroño April 1996).
4 (FPAVE952RE) Six-note call Itabó Itaipú Reserve, Departamento Alto Paraná (Myriam Velázquez September 2003).
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