Blond-crested Woodpecker

Taxobox
name = Blond-crested Woodpecker

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image_caption = female
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Piciformes
familia = Picidae
genus = "Celeus"
species = "C. flavescens"
binomial = "Celeus flavescens"
binomial_authority = (Gmelin, 1788)
synonyms = The Blond-crested Woodpecker ("Celeus flavescens") is a species of bird in the Picidae family, the woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks.It is found in Brazil, southeastern Paraguay, and extreme northeastern Argentina. A small disjunct population occurs at the Amazon River mouth and upstream, including the southern part of Ilha de Marajo.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

Distribution

Range: Cerrado and Caatinga

In eastern and southeastern South America, the Blond-crested Woodpecker ranges in eastern and central portions of the cerrado; it is also in most of the caatinga. A small range of the bird, (disjunct), occurs at the mouth of the Amazon River and upstream for 800 km in the Amazon Basin; the range also covers the southern parts of Marajó Island.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/47399/all Celeus flavescens] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 27 July 2007.

External links

* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=3924 Blond-crested Woodpecker videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?VIREO_SESSION_ID=4ad0377d1901edfde1c41e6559d650e8&Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=blond-crested+woodpecker&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Blond-crested Woodpecker photo galley] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Celeus+flavescens Photo-High Res]
* [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/photos/celfla8812.jpgPhoto-High Res] ; [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/blond-crestedwoodpecker.html Article & synopsis] arthurgrosset–"South American Birds"
* [http://www.birds-caatinga.com/species/celeus_flavescens_00.html Photo, vocalizations] from [http://www.birds-caatinga.com The Birds of the Interior of Ceará, Brazil]