Pale-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus guatemalensis

Pale-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus guatemalensis. Photograph taken in the greater Zihuantanejo area, Guerrero, March 2018. Photograph courtesy of Ron Woheau, Zihuantanejo.

Pale-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus guatemalensis. Photograph taken in the coastal regions of Guatemala, March 2020. Photograph courtesy of Dr. Tom Bartol, Carlsbad, California.

The Pale-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus guatemalensis, is a member of the Picidae Family of Woodpeckers. They are mid-sized in stature. In Mexico they are found in the coastal regions within the Atlantic Slope from the State of Tamaulipas to Belize, and within the Pacific Slope from Sinaloa to Chiapas at elevations below 2,000 m (6,600 feet). From a conservation perspective the Pale-billed Woodpecker is currently considered to be of Least Concern with stable, widely distributed populations. They are found in forested areas including tropical evergreen, deciduous forests and mangroves. They consume beetle larvae and termites.