Blond-crested Woodpecker (Celeus flavescens)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (66)...)

Blond-crested Woodpecker (Celeus flavescens) [XC823561]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Taquaral de Goi\u00e1s, Taquaral de Goi\u00e1s, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (drumming, song)

Blond-crested Woodpecker (Celeus flavescens) [XC292047]
by Robson Silva e Silva from Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica de Guapi A\u00e7u (REGUA), RJ, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Possibly forms a superspecies with Chestnut-colored Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus), Chestnut Woodpecker (Celeus elegans) and Pale-crested Woodpecker (Celeus lugubris). Sometimes treated as conspecific with Pale-crested Woodpecker (Celeus lugubris). Nominate and subspecies ochraceus appear to intergrade in central-eastern Brazil (south-western Bahia to Esp��rito Santo), where intermediate subspecies intercedens seems to be absent.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

ochraceus (von Spix, 1824) - Eastern Brazil, from western Par� (south of Amazon) to Atlantic coast and south to eastern Bahia and Esp��rito Santo. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Ochre-backed Woodpecker (Celeus ochraceus).
intercedens Hellmayr, 1908 - Western Bahia to Goi�s and Minas Gerais.
flavescens (Gmelin, 1788) - Central-eastern and south-eastern Brazil (southern Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul) to eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Blond-crested Woodpecker (Celeus flavescens) - 10 files

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