Yellow-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes flavifrons) [XC663696]
by Dante Buzzetti from Sert\u00e3o do Cantagalo, Angra dos Reis, RJ, Brazil (alarm call, drumming)
Yellow-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes flavifrons) [XC580423]
by Marcelo da Rocha from Rio Gomes,Sert\u00e3o de Barra do Una,S\u00e3o Sebasti\u00e3o,S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (call, drumming, tapping)
Nest
Probably a cavity excavated in a tree.
Subspecies
Sometimes placed in a separate genus Tripsurus, along with Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani), Golden-naped Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen) and Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus). Forms a superspecies with Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus), sometimes also including first two. Birds from eastern and south of range, generally much darker below than north-western populations, are sometimes separated as subspecies rubriventris, but considerable variation exists throughout entire range. Recognition of geographical subspecies considered unwarranted.