From Opus

This article is incomplete. This article is missing one or more sections. You can help the BirdForum Opus by expanding it.

Photo by Bjorn Svensson
Photographed: Costa Rica

Melanerpes chrysauchen

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Found in southwest Costa Rica and adjacent western Panama.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
Beautiful Woodpecker was formerly considered to be a subspecies of this species.

[edit] Habitat

Forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

SACC proposal to recognize Beautiful Woodpecker

[edit] External Links