Cream-colored Woodpecker (Celeus flavus) [XC26607]
by David Geale from Pousada Piuval, Transpantaneira km 12, MT, Brazil (song)
Cream-colored Woodpecker (Celeus flavus) [XC504787]
by Julio Delgado from Careiro, Amazonas, Brazil (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 (Müller, 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).