Hispaniolan woodpecker

A colorful bird with a red head and yellow-and-black striped feathers is perched on a wooden branch against a blue sky background.

The Hispaniolan woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

It's a medium-sized bird with characteristic black and yellow colors. A monotypic species, it is the only Melanerpes to live in colonies.

Fujifilm X-T2
Fujifilm Fujinon XF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
600 mm (400 mm with crop factor)
ISO 400
ƒ/5.6
1/1000 s
Map showing location of “Hispaniolan woodpecker” in Las Terrenas, République dominicaine

Las Terrenas, République dominicaine

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