Red-necked Woodpecker (Campephilus rubricollis)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
30 - 32 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boddaert, 1783)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 2,400 m.

Range (Guide)

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (31)...)

Red-necked Woodpecker (Campephilus rubricollis) [XC614189]
by Jacob Wijpkema from Reserva Natural Palmar\u00ed, Rio Javar\u00ed, AM, Brazil (call)

Red-necked Woodpecker (Campephilus rubricollis) [XC370577]
by Herman van Oosten from Caraj\u00e1s National Park - Parauapebas - Par\u00e1 - Bras\u00edl, Brazil (call, song)

Subspecies
Formerly placed in genus Phloeoceastes with seven other species, all of which are now lumped into Campephilus. Subspecies trachelopyrus intergrades with nominate in south-west of range.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

rubricollis (Boddaert, 1783) - Eastern Colombia and eastern Ecuador to Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Brazil (north of Amazon).
trachelopyrus (Malherbe, 1857) - North-eastern Peru and western Brazil (south of Amazon) south to west-central Bolivia (La Paz).
olallae (Gyldenstolpe, 1945) - Brazil south of Amazon, from R Madeira east to Par� and Maranh�o, and south to central Bolivia (Cochabamba) and northern Mato Grosso.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-necked Woodpecker (Campephilus rubricollis) - 10 files

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