Grey-breasted Woodpecker (Melanerpes hypopolius)

Other Names (World)
Grey-breasted Woodpecker, Gray-breasted Woodpecker, Balsas Woodpecker

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
25 - 25.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Wagler, 1829)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, high altitude shrubland. From 900 - 2,450 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico.

Interior of south-western Mexico from northern Guerrero and Morelos east to east-central Oaxaca.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A harsh 'cherr'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Grey-breasted Woodpecker (Melanerpes hypopolius) [XC212611]
by Manuel Grosselet from Oaxaca, El Yagul Ruins, Mexico (call)

Grey-breasted Woodpecker (Melanerpes hypopolius) [XC190563]
by id from KM 70 on highway SE of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes combined with other barred congeners in a separate genus Centurus. Possibly closer to Lewis's Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis), Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) and Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus). Formerly considered conspecific with Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Grey-breasted Woodpecker (Melanerpes hypopolius) - 10 files

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