Red-rumped Woodpecker (Veniliornis kirkii)

Other Names (World)
Red-rumped Woodpecker, Kirk's Woodpecker

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
15 - 16.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Malherbe, 1845)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,900 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

Red-rumped Woodpecker (Veniliornis kirkii) [XC274412]
by Jonas Nilsson from Carara NP area, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call)

Red-rumped Woodpecker (Veniliornis kirkii) [XC6875]
by Andrew Spencer from Cerro Chichiriviche, Falc\u00f3n, Venezuela (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Choco Woodpecker (Veniliornis chocoensis), Golden-collared Woodpecker (Veniliornis cassini), Red-stained Woodpecker (Veniliornis affinis) and Yellow-eared Woodpecker (Veniliornis maculifrons).

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

neglectus Bangs, 1901 - South-western Costa Rica and western Panama, including Coiba I.
cecilii (Malherbe, 1849) - Eastern Panama and western Colombia south to western Ecuador and extreme north-western Peru (Pacific slope south to Lambayeque).
continentalis Hellmayr, 1906 - Western and northern Venezuela.
kirkii (Malherbe, 1845) - Trinidad and Tobago and north-eastern Venezuela.
monticola Hellmayr, 1918 - Mt Roraima and Cerro Uei-tepui, in south-eastern Venezuela.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-rumped Woodpecker (Veniliornis kirkii) - 10 files

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