Black-cheeked Woodpecker
A medium-sized woodpecker of humid evergreen forest and edge, in tropical lowlands. Less numerous than larger and more conspicuous Golden-fronted Woodpecker, which often occurs in the same areas. Distinctive, with big black mask, white patch behind eye, black upper parts with narrow white bars, and big white rump patch. The male has full red crown whilst the female has greyish fore crown and red hind crown. Distribution is from south Mexico through central America to Ecuador.
Photographer: Dave Saunders