Cream-coloured Woodpecker

A Cream-coloured Woodpecker (Celeus flavus) photographed in a tree in Linden. (Photo by Kester Clarke/www.kesterclarke.net)

The Cream-coloured Woodpecker is unique among woodpeckers for its pale yellow plumage and brown wings. Females, like the one seen here, lack a red moustachial stripe. Their diet consists mainly of ants and termites.

A Cream-coloured Woodpecker (Celeus flavus) photographed in a tree in Linden. (Photo by Kester Clarke/www.kesterclarke.net)