Next to our lodge stood some tall trees. My traveling companion Alan showed me a pair of White-bellied woodpeckers high up in one of them. In the picture, for obvious reasons, you can't see the white part that gave the species its name. However, the similarities with "our" Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) are very clear. This bird is about the same size (48 cm) and mainly black. The male has a completely red crown and the female is red only on the back of the crown, just like the Black woodpecker. What differs is, in addition to the white belly, the striped lower part of the head.