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Includes Kaempfer's Woodpecker

Celeus spectabilis

Subspecies obrieni "Kaempfer's Woodpecker"; this form was not seen for 80 years
Photo by Ciro Albano
Pium, state of Tocantins, central Brazil, July 2008

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil, eastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru.

[edit] Taxonomy

Two subspecies are recognized:

• spectabilis
• obrieni "Kaempfer's Woodpecker" (previously, erroneously known as Caatinga Woodpecker) regarded by some authorties as a separate species.

Artwork by chico

[edit] Habitat

Tropical humid forests and woodland. It is often associated with bamboo. Kaempfer's Woodpecker has only been found in the cerrado habitat in Brazil, which is best described as a semi-dry habitat with "grass, savanna, or woodland"

[edit] Behaviour

[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. SACC proposal to change the name of Kaempfer's Woodpecker

• List of references

[edit] External Links