- Green-barred Woodpecker
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Green-barred Woodpecker In São Paulo Botanical Garden Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae Genus: Colaptes Species: C. melanochloros Binomial name Colaptes melanochloros
(Gmelin, 1788)The Green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. . The scientific name melanochloros derives from the Greek melanos, meaning "black", and chloros, "pale green", the principal colors of this bird. The Golden-breasted Woodpecker is sometimes included here as the southern group of subspecies and sometimes treated as a distinct species, C. melanolaimus.
C. melanochloros (including the Golden-breasted Woodpecker) is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
Media related to Colaptes melanochloros at Wikimedia Commons
- BirdLife International 2004. Colaptes melanochloros. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
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