Crimson-crested Woodpecker

Campephilus melanoleucos - Pic de Malherbe

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Piciformes

  • Family
    :

    Picidés

  • Genus
    :

    Campephilus

  • Species
    :

    melanoleucos

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1788

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 38 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 180 à 285 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Pic de Malherbe
♂ adult
Pic de Malherbe
♀ adult

Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos) is a species of bird in the Picidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Campephilus melanoleucos melanoleucos (Colombia to the Guianas, south to Bolivia, Paraguay and ne Argentina)
  • Campephilus melanoleucos malherbii (w Panama to n and c Colombia)
  • Campephilus melanoleucos cearae (e and s Brazil)

Foreign names

  • Pic de Malherbe,
  • Picamaderos barbinegro,
  • pica-pau-de-topete-vermelho,
  • Schwarzkehlspecht,
  • amazóniai ácsharkály,
  • Zwartkeelspecht,
  • Picchio crestacremisi,
  • rödtofsspett,
  • Høvdingspett,
  • chochlák čiernohrdlý,
  • datel královský,
  • Karmintoppet Spætte,
  • tulikärki,
  • picot negre de Gmelin,
  • dzięcioł szkarłatnoczuby,
  • Черногорлый флеоцеастес,
  • ハナジロエボシゲラ,
  • 朱冠啄木鸟,
  • 緋紅冠啄木,

Voice song and cries

Pic de Malherbe
♂ adult

Habitat

Pic de Malherbe
♂ adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland, Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 23-03-2009
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