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Yucatan Woodpecker

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Melanerpes pygmaeus

Photo by Maoam
Location: Riviera Maya, Mexico

1 Identification
2 Distribution
3 Taxonomy
4 Habitat
5 Behaviour
6 References
7 External Links

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

YucatÃ¡n Peninsula and Cozumel Island (Mexico), Belize, and Honduras.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are three subspecies.¹

M. p. rubricomus
- YucatÃ¡n Peninsula to central Belize
M. p. pygmaeus
- Cozumel Island
M. p. tysoni
- Guanaja Island

[edit] Habitat

Dry forests and shrubland.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.