Kingdom Animalia Order Piciformes Genus Celeus Higher classification Celeus | Phylum Chordata Family Picidae Scientific name Celeus flavescens Rank Species | |
Similar Celeus, Woodpecker, Bird, Pale‑crested woodpecker, White‑barred piculet | ||
Blond crested woodpecker
The blond-crested woodpecker (Celeus flavescens) is a species of bird in the family Picidae, the woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks. It is found in Brazil, southeastern Paraguay, and extreme northeastern Argentina. A small disjunct population occurs at the Amazon River mouth and upstream, including the southern part of Ilha de Marajo. The ochre-backed woodpecker is often considered a subspecies.
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- Blond crested woodpecker
- Blond crested woodpecker celeus flavescens wild birds
- Range Cerrado and Caatinga
- References
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
Blond crested woodpecker celeus flavescens wild birds
Range: Cerrado and Caatinga
In eastern and southeastern South America, the blond-crested woodpecker ranges in eastern and central portions of the cerrado; it is also in most of the caatinga. A small range of the bird, (disjunct), occurs at the mouth of the Amazon River and upstream for 800 km in the Amazon Basin; the range also covers the southern parts of Marajó Island.
