Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos) [XC838518]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Fazenda S\u00e3o Miguel, Itaj\u00e1, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)
Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos) [XC418615]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Reserva do Setor S\u00edtio de Recreio Cara\u00edbas-Goi\u00e2nia, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis) and Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis). Possibly conspecific with Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis). Subspecies intergrade quite extensively; birds from southern half of range formerly grouped together as subspecies albirostris.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
malherbii Gray, GR, 1845 - Western Panama east to northern and central Colombia.
melanoleucos (Gmelin, 1788) - East of Andes, from Colombia east to Trinidad and north-eastern Brazil, south to Bolivia, Paraguay, northern and north-eastern Argentina and Mato Grosso.
cearae (Cory, 1915) - Eastern and southern Brazil.