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Yucatan Woodpecker

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Melanerpes pygmaeus
Photo by MaoamLocation: Riviera Maya, Mexico
Photo by Maoam
Location: Riviera Maya, Mexico

Contents

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Yucatán Peninsula and Cozumel Island (Mexico), Belize, and Honduras.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are three subspecies.1

  • M. p. rubricomus
    • Yucatán Peninsula to central Belize
  • M. p. pygmaeus
    • Cozumel Island
  • M. p. tysoni
    • Guanaja Island

[edit] Habitat

Dry forests and shrubland.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

  1. 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.

[edit] External Links

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