Golden-breasted Woodpecker

Golden-breasted Woodpecker
Golden-breasted Woodpecker
Probable Golden-breasted Woodpecker in Uruguay (note pale green upperside with extensive black barring)
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Colaptes
Species: C. (melanochloros) melanolaimus
Binomial name
Colaptes (melanochloros) melanolaimus
Synonyms

Colaptes melanolaimus

The Golden-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes (melanochloros) melanolaimus) is a bird in the woodpecker family, Picidae. It is sometimes considered a distinct species C. melanolaimus. But more likely it is the southern populations of the Green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros), as it intergrades with the northern populations along the Paraná and Uruguay Rivers.

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