Cuban Green Woodpecker

Cuban Green Woodpecker
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Subfamily:	Picinae
Tribe:	Dendropicini
Genus:	Xiphidiopicus Bonaparte, 1854
Species:	X. percussus
Binomial name
Xiphidiopicus percussus (Temminck, 1826)

The Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Xiphidiopicus.^{[citation needed]} It is endemic to Cuba.

A distinctive, relatively small woodpecker of the general size and shape of a sapsucker, occasionally appearing crested, with bright olive-green upperparts and yellow underparts. Nape and upper breast are bright red with some black bases to feathers usually visible, with black chin and throat; red crown in males, black crown striped white in females. White face and supercilium, punctuated by black border to cheek. Yellow breast is streaked with black or greenish-black, yellow on flanks barred with black. Crissum is yellow with black barring. Females is significantly smaller than the male, generally shorter-billed. Juveniles are generally duller in plumage, showing more barring and streaking below. It measures 20–25 cm (7.9–9.8 in) in length and weighs 48–97 g (1.7–3.4 oz).^[1]

Its natural habitats are dry forests, lowland moist forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

1. ^ [1] (2011).

• BirdLife International 2004. Xiphidiopicus percussus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. (Downloaded on 28 July 2007).

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