Bronze-winged woodpecker
| Bronze-winged woodpecker | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Colaptes |
| Species: | C. rubiginosus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Colaptes rubiginosus aeruginosus (Malherbe, 1862) | |
The bronze-winged woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus aeruginosus) a forest flicker endemic to northeast Mexico, from Tamaulipas to northern Veracruz. It was formerly placed in the genus Piculus (Benz et al., 2006). It usually is treated as a subspecies of golden-olive woodpecker.
Habitat
The species inhabits broadleaved, evergreen forest, particularly in montane areas.
Description
The species differs from the golden-olive woodpecker in details of head plumage and the pattern of the underparts. Bronze-winged woodpecker has scalloped underparts, while those of the golden-olive woodpecker are evenly barred.
References
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