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Cream-colored Woodpecker

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Photo by Leif G Sani Lodge, Ecuador, November 2003
Photo by Leif G
Sani Lodge, Ecuador, November 2003
Celeus flavus

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[edit] Identification

  • Cream yellow head, back and underparts
  • Erect yellow crest
  • Rufous wings
  • Black tail
  • Long cream bill
  • Dark iris

Male: red moustachial stripe
There is a wide variation in this colouring which does not necessarily indicate a particular sub-species.

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies[1]

  • C. f. flavus:
  • C. f. peruvianus:
  • Tropical eastern Peru
  • C. f. subflavus:
  • Eastern Brazil (Alagoas; Bahia to Espírito Santo)
  • C. f. tectricialis:
  • North-eastern Brazil (Maranhão)

[edit] Habitat

Humid lowland forest.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Avibase
  3. Arthur Grosset

[edit] External Links

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