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The black-cheeked woodpecker (''Melanerpes pucherani'') is a resident breeding bird from southeastern Mexico south to western Ecuador. This woodpecker occurs in the higher levels of wet forests, semi-open woodland and old second growth. It nests in an unlined hole high in a dead tree. The clutch is two to four glossy white eggs, incubated by both sexes. The binomial commemorates the French zoologist Jacques Pucheran. The black-cheeked woodpecker feeds on insects, but will take substantial quantities of fruit and nectar. This common and conspicuous species gives a rattling ''krrrrrl'' call and both sexes drum on territory. ==Description== The adult is 18.5 cm long and weighs 63 g. It has black upperparts with white barring on the back, white spotting on the wings and a white rump. The tail is black with some white barring, and the underparts are pale buff-olive with a red central belly. There is a black patch through the eyes and on the cheeks, a yellow forehead, and a red nape. The crown is red in the male and black in the female. Young birds are duller, have less white above and less red on the belly. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Black-cheeked woodpecker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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