Scaly-breasted Woodpecker - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Scale-breasted Woodpecker

Photo by rdavis
Allpahuayo Mishana Nature Reserve, Peru, April 2010

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:

• South East Colombia and southern Venezuela to north-eastern Peru and western Brazil

• 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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