- Golden-green Woodpecker
Taxobox
name = Golden-green Woodpecker
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Piciformes
familia =Picidae
genus = "Piculus "
species = "P. chrysochloros"
binomial = "Piculus chrysochloros"
binomial_authority = (Vieillot, 1818)
synonyms = The Golden-green Woodpecker ("Piculus chrysochloros") is a species ofbird in thePicidae family, thewoodpecker s,piculet s, andwryneck s.It is found in north-centralSouth America , centered on theAmazon Basin in the countries ofArgentina ,Bolivia ,Brazil ,Ecuador ,French Guiana ,Guyana ,Paraguay ,Peru andSuriname . A disjunct region of the bird's range occurs in northwesternColombia andVenezuela . A second disjunct group is found 1500 km southeast of the Amazon Basin in the Brazilian states ofMinas Gerais andEspírito Santo , in an 800 kmcoastal strip .Its natural
habitat s are subtropical or tropical dryforest s and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.References
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/47380/all Piculus chrysochloros] . [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=3902 Golden-green Woodpecker videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/10413900.htm Stamps] (forSuriname ) plus a mostly accurate RangeMap
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=golden-green+woodpecker&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Golden-green Woodpecker photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Piculus+chrysochloros Photo-High Res-(Close-up)]
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