Blond-crested woodpecker
| Blond-crested woodpecker | |
|---|---|
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| Male in São Paulo, Brazil | |
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| Female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Celeus |
| Species: | C. flavescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Celeus flavescens (Gmelin, 1788) | |
The blond-crested woodpecker (Celeus flavescens) is a species of bird in the Picidae family, the woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks. It is found in Brazil, southeastern Paraguay, and extreme northeastern Argentina. A small disjunct population occurs at the Amazon River mouth and upstream, including the southern part of Ilha de Marajo.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
Distribution
Range: Cerrado and Caatinga
In eastern and southeastern South America, the blond-crested woodpecker ranges in eastern and central portions of the cerrado; it is also in most of the caatinga. A small range of the bird, (disjunct), occurs at the mouth of the Amazon River and upstream for 800 km in the Amazon Basin; the range also covers the southern parts of Marajó Island.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Celeus flavescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Blond-crested woodpecker videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Blond-crested woodpecker photo galley VIREO Photo-High Res
- Blond-crested woodpecker: Photos, vocalizations from The Birds of the Interior of Ceará, Brazil