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Golden breasted woodpecker

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Family
  
Picidae

Scientific name
  
Colaptes melanolaimus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Piciformes

Genus
  
Colaptes

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Flickers, Guatemalan flicker, Pampas flicker, Melancholy woodpecker, Black‑dotted piculet

Golden breasted woodpecker eating ants


The golden-breasted woodpecker (Colaptes melanolaimus) is a bird in the woodpecker family, Picidae. It is found from central Bolivia south through western Paraguay and western Uruguay to central Argentina. It was previously considered a subspecies C. melanochlorus melanolaimus.

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Golden breasted woodpecker


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Golden-breasted woodpecker Wikipedia