Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis)

Other Names (World)
Pale-billed Woodpecker, Flint-billed Woodpecker

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
33 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartlaub, 1844)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry forest. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis) [XC518463]
by Hans Matheve from La Selva biological station, Heredia, Costa Rica (call)

Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis) [XC351580]
by Jim Holmes from La Bajada, San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos) and Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis). Birds from Sonora described as subspecies dorsofasciatus, on basis of more barred rump, but this character matched by individuals of nelsoni.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

nelsoni (Ridgway, 1911) - Western Mexico, from southern Sonora south to Oaxaca.
regius Reichenbach, 1854 - Eastern Mexico, from Tamaulipas south to Veracruz.
guatemalensis (Hartlaub, 1844) - Veracruz to western Panama.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis) - 10 files

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