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The Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus, is a very large woodpecker which is a resident breeding bird from Mexico south to northern Argentina and on Trinidad.

Adults are mainly black above, with a red crest and whitish lines from the base of the bill, down the neck and shoulders. The underparts are whitish, heavily barred with black. The bill is typically black in both sexes.

These photos were taken at the Arenal Observatory and Talari Mountain Lodge, Costa Rica.

Lineated Woodpecker

Woodpecker Lineated 4045

Woodpecker Lineated 4045

Woodpecker Lineated 4059

Woodpecker Lineated 4059

Woodpecker Lineated 4040

Woodpecker Lineated 4040

Woodpecker Lineated 6836

Woodpecker Lineated 6836

Woodpecker Lineated male 6814

Woodpecker Lineated male 6814

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