Cream-colored Woodpecker
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| Cream-colored Woodpecker | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Celeus |
| Species: | C. flavus |
| Binomial name | |
| Celeus flavus (Statius Muller, 1776) |
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The Cream-colored Woodpecker, Celeus flavus, is a species of woodpecker native to South America, from Colombia and the Guianas to Peru, Bolivia, and the eastern part of Brazil, including a southeast Brazil coastal strip. It is colored creamy yellow, except for the wingtips and tail, which are much darker. Males also have dark rings around their eyes. It has a large crest that is always raised. It eats mainly tree ants, although it does eat other insects and some fruits. It is not known how the Cream-colored Woodpecker nests, although it is believed that they nest in holes in trees. They do not migrate.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2009). "Celeus flavus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/141761. Retrieved 14 August 2011. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- Birds of the World by Colin Harrison and Alan Greensmith, Eyewitness Handbooks
[edit] External links
- Stamps (for Colombia) with RangeMap
- Cream-colored Woodpecker photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res
- Photo-High Res; Article webserv.nhl.nl—Birds of Suriname
- Photo-High Res; Article tekipaki
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