White-throated Woodpecker (Piculus leucolaemus)

Other Names (World)
White-throated Woodpecker, Rufous-winged Woodpecker(!)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
19 - 20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Natterer & Malherbe, 1845)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru.

Southern Colombia (Serran��a de Churumbelos, in eastern Cauca) and eastern Ecuador east to western and central Amazonian Brazil and south to south-eastern Peru and northern Bolivia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (41)...)

White-throated Woodpecker (Piculus leucolaemus) [XC841349]
by David Geale from Quebrada Mishquiyacu, Moyobamba, San Martin, Peru (song)

White-throated Woodpecker (Piculus leucolaemus) [XC830353]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Trilha Mata da Lagoa - Caraj\u00e1s, Parauapebas-PA, Par\u00e1, Brazil (call, song)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Rufous-winged Woodpecker (Piculus simplex), Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker (Piculus callopterus) and Lita Woodpecker (Piculus litae) and all have often been treated as conspecific. Present species frequently lumped with Lita Woodpecker (Piculus litae), but differs significantly in plumage and possibly not even closely related. Depth of plumage coloration varies slightly, but with no obvious geographical pattern.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-throated Woodpecker (Piculus leucolaemus) - 10 files

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