Yellow-throated Woodpecker (Piculus flavigula) [XC227997]
by Peter Boesman from Itanha\u00e9m, Sao Paulo, Brazil (call)
Yellow-throated Woodpecker (Piculus flavigula) [XC705631]
by Mateus Gon\u00e7alves Santos from RPPN Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Veracel, Porto Seguro-BA, Bahia, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
Eastern subspecies erythropis, with distinctive plumage and different habitat preferences, possibly a separate species. Subspecies magnus intergrades with nominate in north-eastern Brazil. Birds from south-western Colombia, previously thought to represent an undescribed subspecies of present species, have now been reidentified as Lita Woodpecker (Piculus litae).
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
flavigula (Boddaert, 1783) - Extreme eastern Colombia, southern Venezuela and the Guianas, south to northern Amazonia.
magnus (Cherrie & Reichenberger, 1921) - South-eastern Colombia, north-eastern Ecuador and Amazonian Brazil south to eastern Peru, north-eastern Bolivia and Mato Grosso.
erythropis (Vieillot, 1818) - Eastern Brazil in Pernambuco and from Bahia to Sío Paulo.