Grey-crowned Woodpecker (Colaptes auricularis)

Other Scientific Names
Piculus auricularis [BirdLife International (2004)]

Other Names (World)
Grey-crowned Woodpecker, Gray-crowned Woodpecker

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
22 - 23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvin & Godman, 1889)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 900 - 2,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico.

Pacific slope of western Mexico, from southern Sonora to Oaxaca.

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

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Grey-crowned Woodpecker (Colaptes auricularis) [XC274801]
by Richard E. Webster from Sierra de Miahuatl\u00e1n--La Soledad, Oaxaca, Mexico (song)

Grey-crowned Woodpecker (Colaptes auricularis) [XC190551]
by from Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca, Mexico, Mexico (drumming)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus), and sometimes considered conspecific. Greyer birds from south-eastern Sonora, named as subspecies sonoriensis, unacceptable, based on worn specimens.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Grey-crowned Woodpecker (Colaptes auricularis) - 10 files

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