La historia
This is a juvenile Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) that I photographed in Manizales, Caldas, Colombia on June 22, 2017. It is a cooperative breeder, living and nesting in family groups of up to 15 birds. Many populations store acorns in granaries, trees or wooden structures drilled with hundreds to thousands of holes. Its call sounds almost like laughter. Caldas has 837 bird species on record, about 45 percent of the birds of Colombia.
I photographed it with a Canon EOS 70D and the EF400mm f/5.6L USM, at 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 1600. IUCN lists the Acorn Woodpecker as Least Concern with an increasing population, and Manizales keeps forest fragments inside the city, such as the Ecoparque Los Alcázares Arenillo, declared an area of environmental interest in 1995.
©2018 Adam Rainoff Photographer
El ave
The Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) pertenece a la familia Picidae (Woodpeckers) en la taxonomía eBird/Clements.
Fuente: eBird.org (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
Conservación
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2024), with the population trend listed as increasing. Fuente: Lista Roja de la UICN
