Pale-crested Woodpecker (Celeus lugubris)

Family
Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Malherbe, 1851)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, dry savanna. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Pale-crested Woodpecker (Celeus lugubris) [XC385710]
by Caio Brito from ribeir\u00e3o chiqueir\u00e3o, Ros\u00e1rio Oeste, Mato Grosso, Brazil (call, song)

Pale-crested Woodpecker (Celeus lugubris) [XC128625]
by Dan Lane from Pantanal Wildlife Center, MT, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
Possibly forms a superspecies with Chestnut-colored Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus), Chestnut Woodpecker (Celeus elegans) and Blond-crested Woodpecker (Celeus flavescens). Sometimes treated as conspecific with Blond-crested Woodpecker (Celeus flavescens). Has apparently hybridized, rarely, with Chestnut Woodpecker (Celeus elegans).

Proposed subspecies roosevelti (western Mato Grosso) regarded as synonymous with nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

lugubris (Malherbe, 1851) - Eastern Bolivia and west-central Brazil (western Mato Grosso).
kerri Hargitt, 1891 - Paraguay (except extreme east) and west-central Brazil (southern Mato Grosso) to north-eastern Argentina (eastern Formosa, Corrientes).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Pale-crested Woodpecker (Celeus lugubris) - 10 files

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