Chestnut-colored Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus)

Other Names (World)
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker, Chestnut-coloured Woodpecker, Chestnut Woodpecker(!)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Wagler, 1829)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 750 m, occasionally to 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

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

Eastern Mexico (from southern Veracruz, northern Oaxaca) south to western Panama.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

Chestnut-colored Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus) [XC28492]
by Oliver Komar from Rio Bravo Research Area, Orange Walk Dist., Belize (call, calls, pecking)

Chestnut-colored Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus) [XC392984]
by Jorge Gabriel Campos from La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica (call, song)

Subspecies
Possibly forms a superspecies with Chestnut Woodpecker (Celeus elegans), Pale-crested Woodpecker (Celeus lugubris) and Blond-crested Woodpecker (Celeus flavescens).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Chestnut-colored Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus) - 10 files

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