Scaly-breasted Woodpecker (Celeus grammicus)

Other Names (World)
Scaly-breasted Woodpecker, Scale-breasted Woodpecker

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
23 - 26 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Natterer & Malherbe, 1845)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From 100 - 1,140 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

Scaly-breasted Woodpecker (Celeus grammicus) [XC629426]
by Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) from Bosque de los Carpinteros - San Jorge\/Morelia, Caquet\u00e1, Colombia (drumming)

Scaly-breasted Woodpecker (Celeus grammicus) [XC629427]
by John van der Woude from Bosque de los Carpinteros - San Jorge\/Morelia, Caquet\u00e1, Colombia (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Waved Woodpecker (Celeus undatus).

Proposed subspecies undulatus, described from R Mocho (R Caura area, south-central Venezuela), is known only from type locality. Now included within nominate.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

grammicus (Natterer & Malherbe, 1845) - South-eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela south to north-eastern Peru and western Brazil. Also French Guiana (Nouragues area).
verreauxii (Malherbe, 1858) - Eastern Ecuador and adjacent north-eastern Peru.
subcervinus Todd, 1937 - Brazil, south of R Amazon, east to lower R Tapaj�s and south to northern Mato Grosso.
latifasciatus Seilern, 1936 - South-eastern Peru and south-western Brazil (upper R Madeira) south to northern Bolivia (Beni).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Scaly-breasted Woodpecker (Celeus grammicus) - 10 files

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