Golden-green woodpecker
| Golden-green woodpecker | |
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| A male golden-green woodpecker at Darién, Panama | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Piculus |
| Species: | P. chrysochloros
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| Binomial name | |
| Piculus chrysochloros (Vieillot, 1818)
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Piculus chrysochloros Swainson, 1820
The golden-green woodpecker (Piculus chrysochloros) is a species of bird in the family Picidae, the woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks. It is found in north-central South America, centered on the Amazon Basin in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru and Suriname. A disjunct region of the bird's range occurs in northwestern Colombia and Venezuela. A second disjunct group is found 1,500 km southeast of the Amazon Basin in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo in an 800 km coastal strip.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Piculus chrysochloros". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22681243A168653734. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22681243A168653734.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
External links[]
- Golden-green woodpecker videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Stamps (for Suriname) plus a mostly accurate RangeMap
- Golden-green woodpecker photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res-(Close-up)
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Piculus
- Birds of the Amazon Basin
- Birds of the Guianas
- Birds of Brazil
- Birds of Colombia
- Birds of Venezuela
- Birds of Paraguay
- Birds described in 1818
- Woodpecker stubs