Yucatan Woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus)

Other Names (World)
Yucatan Woodpecker, Red-vented Woodpecker

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
15 - 16 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Ridgway, 1885)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Honduras, Mexico.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Yucatan Woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus) [XC355876]
by Roland Rumm from El Bight, Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras (call, one note fast call.)

Yucatan Woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus) [XC353470]
by Roland Rumm from El Bight, Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes combined with other barred congeners in a separate genus Centurus. Forms a superspecies with Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus), and sometimes treated as conspecific, but geographical isolation, combined with minor morphological differences, supports allospecies treatment.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

rubricomus Peters, JL, 1948 - Yucat�n Peninsula south to central Belize.
pygmaeus (Ridgway, 1885) - Cozumel I (off eastern Yucat�n Peninsula).
tysoni (Bond, J, 1936) - Guanaja I (off northern Honduras).

References
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Files:

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