Cream-colored Woodpecker (Celeus flavus)

Other Names (World)
Cream-colored Woodpecker, Cream-coloured Woodpecker

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
24 - 26 cm

First Described (Guide)
(M�ller, 1776)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, swamp forest. From sea-level - 700 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 (77)...)

Cream-colored Woodpecker (Celeus flavus) [XC39973]
by Andrew Spencer from Cristalino Jungle Lodge, MT, Brazil (call)

Cream-colored Woodpecker (Celeus flavus) [XC271942]
by Peter Boesman from Colakreek, Para, Suriname (call)

Subspecies
Subspecies intergrade extensively, producing many intermediates, and in much of range many individuals impossible to assign to a particular subspecies. Geographical limits given are therefore somewhat arbitrary. Subspecies peruvianus and tectricialis perhaps better merged with nominate. Birds from north-eastern Amazonian Brazil named as subspecies inornatus, but inseparable from nominate.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

flavus (M�ller, 1776) - Eastern Colombia, south-western and north-eastern Venezuela and the Guianas south to eastern Ecuador, western Brazil (south to Mato Grosso) and northern Bolivia (Beni).
peruvianus (Cory, 1919) - Eastern Peru.
tectricialis (Hellmayr, 1922) - Maranh�o (north-eastern Brazil).
subflavus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1877 - Eastern Brazil in Alagoas and southern on coast from Bahia to Esp��rito Santo.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Cream-colored Woodpecker (Celeus flavus) - 10 files

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