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Common Name

Hispaniolan Woodpecker

Alternate Names

Common Type

Woodpecker

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae

Genus

Melanerpes

Species

striatus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Hispanola Woodpecker Dominican Rep 1, Hispanola Woodpecker Dominican Rep 2,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Woodlands: wet, dry, broadleaf and coniferous forests, plus plantations, scrub, mangroves, palms, wooded agricultural and parks.

Distribution and Range

Endemic to Hispanola

Food

Insects and honey plus fruits, berries, seeds and nuts. Can catch insects on the wing by hawking.

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Field Notes:

Unlike most woodpeckers, it is a social species that has a large number of individual adult birds in the colony to protect a nesting bank or tree. There may be twenty pairs of birds in a colony, with several nesting in the same tree

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