Colombia Birding: Araucana Lodge: Lineated Woodpecker

The Lineated Woodpecker has a large range extending through much of Mexico, Central and South America.

Though I had seen Lineated Woodpeckers before in Mexico, it was a thrill to see this large woodpecker at the Araucana Lodge.

Here is a male, with a small red patch on its cheek:

A female:

Photographed in January of this year.