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List Of Woodpecker Species
The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes 239 species of woodpeckers which make up the family Picidae. They are distributed among 37 genera, seven of which have only one species. The family's taxonomy is unsettled; the Clements taxonomy ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World'' is a book by Jim Clements which presents a list of the bird species of the world. The most recent printed version is the sixth edition (2007), but has been updated yearly, the last version in 202 ... lists 233 speciesClements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ retrieved November 10, 2022 and BirdLife International's '' Handbook of the Birds of the World'' lists 254HBW and BirdLife International (2022) Handbook of the Birds of the World and Bi ...
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Great Spotted Woodpecker (male) - Taken At Dinton Pastures Country Park, Hurst, Berkshire On 10th February 2019 (33175709408)
The great spotted woodpecker (''Dendrocopos major'') is a medium-sized woodpecker with pied black and white plumage and a red patch on the lower belly. Males and young birds also have red markings on the neck or head. This species is found across the Palearctic including parts of North Africa. Across most of its range it is resident, but in the north some will migrate if the conifer cone crop fails. Some individuals have a tendency to wander, leading to the recent recolonisation of Ireland and to vagrancy to North America. Great spotted woodpeckers chisel into trees to find food or excavate nest holes, and also drum for contact and territorial advertisement; like other woodpeckers, they have anatomical adaptations to manage the physical stresses from the hammering action. This species is similar to the Syrian woodpecker. This woodpecker occurs in all types of woodlands and eats a variety of foods, being capable of extracting seeds from pine cones, insect larvae from inside t ...
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Arrowhead Piculet
The arrowhead piculet or Guianan piculet (''Picumnus minutissimus'') is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Suriname and possibly French Guiana and Guyana.Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ retrieved November 10, 2022 Taxonomy and systematics The arrowhead piculet is monotypic. However, subspecies ''P. spilogaster pallidus'' of the white-bellied piculet has been considered a subspecies of arrowhead. The white-bellied as a whole has also at times been treated as a synonym of the arrowhead piculet.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. A classificatio ...
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Fine-barred Piculet
The fine-barred piculet (''Picumnus subtilis'') is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Brazil and Peru.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. Species Lists of Birds for South American Countries and Territories. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm retrieved July 24, 2022 Taxonomy and systematics The fine-barred piculet is monotypic. Some authors consider it and the plain-breasted piculet (''P. castelnau'') to be sister species and they might hybridize.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved ...
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Plain-breasted Piculet
The plain-breasted piculet (''Picumnus castelnau'') is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in the Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The plain-breasted piculet is monotypic. Its position within genus ''Picumnus'' is not positively known, but some authors consider it and the fine-barred piculet (''P. subtilis'') to be sister species and they might hybridize.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved July 24, 2022 Description The plain-breasted piculet is long and weighs about . Adult males have a black crown with red tips on the feathers. The sides of their crown and their nape are whitish with faint black speckles or bars. Th ...
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Mottled Piculet
The mottled piculet (''Picumnus nebulosus'') is a Near Threatened species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Taxonomy and systematics The mottled piculet is monotypic. The population in southeastern Brazil was treated by some authors as a separate species ''P. iheringi'' but it is now known to be synonymous with ''P. nebulosus''.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved July 24, 2022 Description The mottled piculet is long and weighs . Adult males have a black cap and nape with a red patch on the forehead and white spots on the rest of it. Their face is mostly dark olive-brown with some white. Their hindneck and upperpart ...
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Ochraceous Piculet
The ochraceous piculet (''Picumnus limae'') is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is endemic to eastern Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... The species itself is big in numbers so they are classified as a least concern species. Which means that they are a species that do not qualify for protection due to the fact that they aren't a threatened or endangered species. But as of recently they could fall under the endangered category due to massive habitat loss caused by deforestation. They tend to have a grayish top with a whitish buff below. Males have red tops, that is how to distinguish between male and female. All have pointed beaks in order to make inden ...
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Rufous-breasted Piculet
The rufous-breasted piculet (''Picumnus rufiventris'') is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The rufous-breasted piculet has three subspecies, the nominate ''P. r. rufiventris'', ''P. r. grandis'' ( Carriker, 1930), and ''P. r. brunneifrons'' ( Stager, 1968). Description The rufous-breasted piculet is long and weighs . Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a black crown with wide red tips on most of the feathers and small white to buff spots on its sides and rear border. Their face, a narrow collar on their nape, and their underparts are rich orange rufous or rufous chestnut. Their upperparts are yellowish olive. Their flight feathers are dark with yellowish olive edges. Their tail is black; the innermost pair of feather have mostly white inner webs and pale buff tips, and the outer pairs have a wide buff stripe near the end. Their chin and t ...
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Rusty-necked Piculet
The rusty-necked piculet (''Picumnus fuscus'') is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found along the Brazilian-Bolivian border. Taxonomy and systematics Though the rusty-necked piculet was originally described in 1870, in the mid-twentieth century several authors considered it to be doubtfully valid or not valid at all. It has been generally accepted as a species since about 1982.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved July 24, 2022 It is monotypic. Description The rusty-necked piculet is about long. Adult males have a head pattern that is unique among piculets: The top of the head is blackish with wide reddish-orange tips on the feathers of the hindc ...
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White-wedged Piculet
The white-wedged piculet (''Picumnus albosquamatus'') is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. Taxonomy and systematics The white-wedged piculet has two subspecies, the nominate ''P. a. albosquamatus'' and ''P. a. guttifer'' ( Sundevall, 1866). ''P. a. guttifer'' has at times been treated as a separate species but intergrades and hybridizes with the nominate. The white-wedged piculet hybridizes with the white-barred piculet (''P. cirratus''), the ocellated piculet (''P. dorbignyanus''), and the ochre-collared piculet (''P. temminckii'').Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved July 24, 2022 Description T ...
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Ochre-collared Piculet
The ochre-collared piculet (''Picumnus temminckii'') is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Taxonomy and systematics The ochre-collared piculet is monotypic. However, the species' taxonomy and that of genus ''Picnumnus'' in general are uncertain. The ochre-collared piculet is closely related to the white-barred piculet (''P. cirratus'') and the ocellated piculet (''P. dorbignyanus'') and at times these species have been treated as synonymous. It frequently hybridizes with the white-barred piculet and occasionally with the white-wedged piculet (''P. albosquamatus'').Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved July 2 ...
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Ocellated Piculet
The ocellated piculet (''Picumnus dorbignyanus'') is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru and possibly Argentina.Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ retrieved November 10, 2022 Taxonomy and systematics The ocellated piculet was first described in 1845 by the French ornithologist Frédéric de Lafresnaye as ''Picumnus d’Orbignyanus'', named in honor of the French naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny. Since then the name has often been misspelled as ''P. dorbygnianus''.Schulenberg, T. S. and C. W. Sedgwick (2020). Ocellated Piculet (''Picumnus dorbignyanus''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https: ...
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White-barred Piculet
The white-barred piculet (''Picumnus cirratus'') is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, and Uruguay.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. Species Lists of Birds for South American Countries and Territories. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm retrieved July 24, 2022 Taxonomy and systematics The white-barred piculet was first described in 1825 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck. Six subspecies are recognized: *''P. c. macconnelli'' Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Sharpe, 1901 *''P. c. confusus'' Norman Boyd Kinnear, Kinnear, 1927 *''P. c. cirratus'' Temminck, 1825 *''P. c. pilcomayensis'' Edward Hargitt, Hargitt, 1891 *''P. c. tucumanus'' Ernst Hartert, Hartert, E.J.O., 1909 *''P. c. thamnophiloides'' James Bond (ornithologist), Bon ...
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