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[[Image:Scaly-breasted_Woodpecker_PERU_SER.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|rdavis|rdavis}}<br />[[Allpahuayo Mishana Nature Reserve]], [[Peru]]]]
 
 
'''Alternative name: Scale-breasted Woodpecker'''
 
'''Alternative name: Scale-breasted Woodpecker'''
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[[Image:Scaly-breasted_Woodpecker_PERU_SER.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|rdavis|rdavis}}<br />[[Allpahuayo Mishana Nature Reserve]], [[Peru]], April 2010]]
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;[[:Category:Celeus|Celeus]] grammicus
 
;[[:Category:Celeus|Celeus]] grammicus
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
Notice the lack of scaling on undertail coverts.  
 
Notice the lack of scaling on undertail coverts.  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Image:Scaly-breasted_Woodpecker.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|BirdsPeru|BirdsPeru}}<br />Mishana Reserve near Iquitos, [[Peru]]]]
 
[[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], northern [[Bolivia]], [[Venezuela]], [[French Guiana]], and western [[Brazil]].
 
[[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], northern [[Bolivia]], [[Venezuela]], [[French Guiana]], and western [[Brazil]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
[[Image:Scaly-breasted_Woodpecker.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|BirdsPeru|BirdsPeru}}<br />Mishana Reserve near Iquitos, [[Peru]]]]
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====Subspecies====
 
Four subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
Four subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
Celeus grammicus grammicus
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*''C. g. grammicus'':
Celeus grammicus verreauxii
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:*South East [[Colombia]] and southern [[Venezuela]] to north-eastern [[Peru]] and western [[Brazil]]
Celeus grammicus subcervinus
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*''C. g. verreauxii '':
Celeus grammicus latifasciatus
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:*Tropical eastern [[Ecuador]] and adjacent north-eastern Peru
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*''C. g. subcervinus'':
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:*West Amazonian Brazil and northern Mato Grosso
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*''C. g. latifasciatus'':
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:*South East Peru to northern [[Bolivia]] and western Brazil (upper Rio Madeira)
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Moist lowland forests, second growth, and tree rich savannas.
 
Moist lowland forests, second growth, and tree rich savannas.
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Feeds from heavier branches and trunks.  
 
Feeds from heavier branches and trunks.  
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Celeus+grammicus}}
 
{{GSearch|Celeus+grammicus}}
  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Celeus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Celeus]]

Revision as of 14:07, 22 July 2016

Alternative name: Scale-breasted Woodpecker

Celeus grammicus

Identification

Notice the lack of scaling on undertail coverts.

Distribution

Photo by BirdsPeru
Mishana Reserve near Iquitos, Peru

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, northern Bolivia, Venezuela, French Guiana, and western Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Four subspecies are recognized[1]:

  • C. g. grammicus:
  • C. g. verreauxii :
  • Tropical eastern Ecuador and adjacent north-eastern Peru
  • C. g. subcervinus:
  • West Amazonian Brazil and northern Mato Grosso
  • C. g. latifasciatus:
  • South East Peru to northern Bolivia and western Brazil (upper Rio Madeira)

Habitat

Moist lowland forests, second growth, and tree rich savannas.

Behaviour

Feeds from heavier branches and trunks.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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