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Black-cheeked Woodpecker

Melanerpes pucherani

Photo by pamsai
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Description:

Housecleaning ! This bird spent a long time taking twigs out of this hole in the tree, and dropping them on the ground. Preparing fopr this year's nest?

Habitat:

Virgin tropical rainforest

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Black-cheeked woodpecker

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