Campo Flicker

A significant portion of South America is home to the Campo Flicker, particularly Eastern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and North-Eastern Argentina. Northeastern South America and Amazonia both have isolated populations of them. They spend a large portion of their lives hopping and strolling on the ground and favor open habitats including grassland, savanna, farmland, and scrubland.

The black head and nape of the neck, along with the gold sides of the head, neck, and upper breast, make this kind of woodpecker stand out. The throat is black in the northern subspecies and white in the southern “Field Flicker” subspecies. It prefers tree holes, termite mounds, and earth banks for breeding. They eat ants and termites primarily, though they also consume beetles and grasshoppers.