Magellanic Woodpecker Pair

Magellanic Woodpeckers, originally uploaded by billy3001.

Magellanic Woodpeckers often travel in pairs or small family groups, as do several of its relatives. That's a fortunate thing for the lucky photographer!

HABITS

Cream-backed Woodpecker:  Apparently solitary outside of breeding season
Crimson-bellied Woodpecker:  Usually encountered in pairs or familiesCrimson-crested Woodpecker:  Observed in pairs or small groups
Cuban Ivory-billed Woodpecker:  No notes on it
Guayaquil Woodpecker:  Often met with in pairs
Imperial Woodpecker:  Lives in pairs and in family groups of 3 - 5 (10?) birds
Ivory-billed Woodpecker: No notes, though other sources mention travel in pairs and groups
Magellanic Woodpecker:  Met with singly, in pairs or in groups of 3 - 4
Pale-billed Woodpecker:  Found singly or in pairs
Powerful Woodpecker:  Often encountered in pairs
Red-necked Woodpecker:  Found in pairs or small family parties
Robust Woodpecker:  No notes

Source:   Woodpeckers: A Guide to the Woodpeckers of the World by H. Winkler, D. A. Christie & D. Nurney

Now, close your eyes and imagine seeing 10 live Imperial Woodpeckers at one time!

 

 Photo Info

When we had secured all the birds near camp
another party of five or six [imperials] was found in the hills a mile or so
away, and the Indians told us of other places where they were common.

- E.W. Nelson in The Auk, Vol. XV, No. 3, July 1898