Ringed Woodpecker (Celeus torquatus)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
28 - 29 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boddaert, 1783)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From 100 - 725 m.

Range (Guide)

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (28)...)

Ringed Woodpecker (Celeus torquatus) [XC493155]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Aragua\u00edna, State of Tocantins Campus UFT, Brazil (song)

Ringed Woodpecker (Celeus torquatus) [XC329057]
by Edson Guilherme from Ramal Seringal Cachoeira, Xapuri, Acre, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Named subspecies angustus (R Tapaj�s, Brazil) regarded as synonymous with occidentalis, which intergrades with nominate.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

occidentalis (Hargitt, 1889) - North-eastern Ecuador, south-eastern Colombia and western and central Amazonian Brazil east to southern Venezuela, and south to eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and Mato Grosso. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Amazonian Black-breasted Woodpecker (Celeus occidentalis).
torquatus (Boddaert, 1783) - Eastern Venezuela and the Guianas south to Par� in north-eastern Brazil.
tinnunculus (Wagler, 1829) - Eastern Brazil (south-eastern Bahia, Esp��rito Santo). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Atlantic Black-breasted Woodpecker (Celeus tinnunculus).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Ringed Woodpecker (Celeus torquatus) - 10 files

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