Melanerpes pygmaeus?? (1 Viewer)

[dippers]

The attached pictures were taken at Xscaret just south of Playa del Carmen on the east coast of the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico.

They didn't seem to fit either Red-bellied or Golden-fronted woodpeckers images that I could find, but based on a previous thread here
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2036207 and an article in Opus here http://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yucatan_Woodpecker
I'm guessing that this is a Yucatan Woodpecker, Melanerpes pygmaeus, subspecies rubricomus.

Can anyone here confirm this for me please - and are the pics of any use in the Opus or elsewhere here?

Many thanks, Martin

 

[Birdingcraft]

No, that is the Yucatan subspecies of Golden-fronted Woodpecker. Yucatan Woodpecker would have a shorter bill and yellow near the bill.

 

[dippers]

Ah! Excellent, many thank for swift response Patrick. Thats great, so it's Melanerpes aurifrons dubius. Many thanks for your help, very much appreciated!

Kind regards, Martin