Ringed Woodpecker (Celeus torquatus) [XC220686]
by Jeremy Minns from Ca\u00f1o Colorado, Monagas, Venezuela (song)
Ringed Woodpecker (Celeus torquatus) [XC830939]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from RPPN Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Veracel, Santa Cruz Cabr\u00e1lia, State of Bahia, Brazil (drumming)
Subspecies
Named subspecies angustus (R Tapajós, 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 Pará in north-eastern Brazil.
tinnunculus (Wagler, 1829) - Eastern Brazil (south-eastern Bahia, Espírito Santo). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Atlantic Black-breasted Woodpecker (Celeus tinnunculus).