Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Woodpeckers and Allies :: Red-crowned Woodpecker

Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus

Described by: Cabanis (1862)
Alternate common name(s): Wagler's Woodpecker, Little Red-headed Woodpecker
Old scientific name(s): Centurus rubricapillus

Photographs

Trinidad and Tobago - Jan, 1999 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Laguno de Pedro Paulo, near Bogota, Colombia - May 8, 2004 © R S Scanlon  Santa Marta Mountains, Colombia - May 14, 2004 © R S Scanlon  Arnos Vale Hotel, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago - Mar 18, 2003 © Ian Esland  Panama - Dec, 2004 © Jean-Michel Fenerole 
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Range

S. Central America and n. South America;
(1) Sw. Costa Rica, Panama, n. and ne. Colombia, n. Venezuela, Tobago, Guyana and Surinam.
(2) Coiba Is.
(3) San Miguel Is.
(4) Nw. Venezuela (Paraguana Peninsula).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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