Chan Chich Lodge area
09Mar2019
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
Fairly common in both dry and
humid tropical forests...in the
Furnariidae (Ovenbird) family.
humid tropical forests...in the
Furnariidae (Ovenbird) family.
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
(L 7.8-10.5" Wt m-1.4-2.2 Oz,
f-1.2-2.0 Oz)
f-1.2-2.0 Oz)
© Geoffrey
A. Keller
A. Keller
Macaulay
Library
Library
Calm down...I said
Woodcreeper.
Woodcreeper.
(Birding guide)
Xiphorynchus in Greek means
sword bill; flavigaster in Latin
means golden-yellow belly.
sword bill; flavigaster in Latin
means golden-yellow belly.
Very few people have seen
both the Ivory-billed and
Imperial Woodpeckers.
both the Ivory-billed and
Imperial Woodpeckers.
(Tim Gallagher)
© Wikipedia
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