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Frederiksdorp, Suriname, November 2010

Colaptes punctigula

Chrysoptilus punctigula

[edit] Identification

Male has red mustache, black in female. A very variable species regarding darkness and shape of dark markings.

[edit] Distribution

Central and South America
Eastern Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, The Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 6 subspecies^[1]:

• C. p. ujhelyii:

• Eastern Panama (Darién) and northern Colombia

• C. p. striatigularis:

• West-central Colombia

• C. p. zuliae:

• North-western Venezuela

• C. p. punctipectus:

• Eastern Colombia and Venezuela (except for range of zuliae)

• C. p. punctigula:

• The Guianas

• C. p. guttatus:

• Amazonian Ecuador to north-western Bolivia, north-eastern Brazil and northern Mato Grosso

Some authorities place this species in genus Chrysoptilus.

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests, second growth, coffee plantations, and mangroves, often near water.

[edit] Behaviour

Feeds on branches and stems, and sometimes on the ground.

[edit] References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View movie-file of this species (in Picasa video format) here