Golden-breasted woodpecker
| Golden-breasted woodpecker | |
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| Probable golden-breasted woodpecker in Uruguay (note pale green upperside with extensive black barring) | |
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| Species: | C. melanolaimus
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| Colaptes melanolaimus Malherbe, 1857
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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.[1]
Sources
- BirdLife International 2004. Colaptes (melanochloros) melanolaimus. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
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