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Sometimes placed in a separate genus Tripsurus, along with Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani), Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus) and Yellow-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes flavifrons). Forms a superspecies with Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani), or both sometimes included in the superspecies represented by last two. Distinctive subspecies pulcher geographically isolated, sometimes treated as separate species.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

• chrysauchen Salvin, 1870   -  South-western Costa Rica to western Panama.
• pulcher P. L. Sclater, 1870   -  Northern Colombia (Magdalena Valley). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Beautiful Woodpecker (Melanerpes pulcher).

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