Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)

Other Names (World)
Black-cheeked Woodpecker, Pucheran's Woodpecker

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
17 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Malherbe, 1849)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.

Southern Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas) south to western Colombia and western Ecuador (south to El Oro; may also occur in western Loja).

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) [XC261882]
by Patricio Mena Valenzuela from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, foothill zone ca. 7 km E of village, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (alarm call, call)

Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) [XC251103]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Canand\u00e9 Botrosa Road end, Ecuador (drum)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed in a separate genus Tripsurus, along with Golden-naped Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen), Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus) and Yellow-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes flavifrons). Forms a superspecies with Golden-naped Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen), or both sometimes included in the superspecies represented by last two. Northern populations sometimes separated as subspecies perileucus, with supposed tendency towards stronger white barring on upperparts and wings, but much overlap occurs with southern populations and racial separation considered not sustainable.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) - 10 files

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