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Picoides mixtus

Photo by Gary Clark
Location: Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[edit] Identification

14cm. Black and white, black and white bands on back. The male has a red mark on back of head.

[edit] Distribution

Argentina to Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil.

[edit] Taxonomy

Four subspecies are recognized: mixtus, berlepschi, malleator, and cancellatus.
Recent results place this species in genus Veniliornis instead of the traditional Picoides.

[edit] Habitat

Dry forest and savanna, shrubland.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects and seeds.

[edit] References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
2. Paper describing DNA based phylogeny of among others, this species
3. SACC proposal to move this species

Arthur Grosset

• List of references

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