Hoffmann's Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cabanis, 1862)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 2,150 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua.

Pacific slope from southern Honduras and Nicaragua south to Costa Rica (south to Quepos, and on Caribbean slope to Turrialba).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (44)...)

Hoffmann's Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii) [XC274351]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Carara NP area, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call)

Hoffmann's Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii) [XC274585]
by Orlando Jarqu\u00edn G. from Guacimo road north of Tarcoles river, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons), and sometimes regarded as conspecific. Hybridizes with Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) in southern Honduras (R Pespire) and with Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus) in central Costa Rica.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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