Pale-crested woodpecker

Pale-crested woodpecker
A female pale-crested woodpecker at Pantanal, Poconé, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Celeus
Species: C. lugubris
Binomial name
Celeus lugubris
(Malherbe, 1851)
Celeus lugubris Keulemans, 1897

The pale-crested woodpecker (Celeus lugubris) is a species of bird in the Picidae family, the woodpeckers and allies. It is found in central Bolivia and the pantanal region of southwest Brazil; also central Paraguay and the border region of northern Argentina.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.





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