Golden-naped Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen)

Other Names (World)
Golden-naped Woodpecker, Beautiful Woodpecker (pulcher)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
17 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
Salvin, 1870

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica (B), Panama (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

Golden-naped Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen) [XC72019]
by Patrick O'Donnell from Rincon, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call)

Golden-naped Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen) [XC548241]
by id from Esquipulas, Quepos. Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call, song)

Subspecies
Melanerpes chrysauchen (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Golden-naped Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen) and Beautiful Woodpecker (Melanerpes pulcher) following SACC (2005).

Sometimes placed in a separate genus Tripsurus, along with Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani), Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus) and Yellow-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes flavifrons). Forms a superspecies with Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani), or both sometimes included in the superspecies represented by last two. Distinctive subspecies pulcher geographically isolated, sometimes treated as separate species.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

chrysauchen Salvin, 1870 - South-western Costa Rica to western Panama.
pulcher P. L. Sclater, 1870 - Northern Colombia (Magdalena Valley). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Beautiful Woodpecker (Melanerpes pulcher).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Golden-naped Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen) - 10 files

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