Velasquez's woodpecker
| Velasquez's woodpecker | |
|---|---|
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| A Velasquez's woodpecker eating annona fruit in the Yucatán | |
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Subfamily: | Picinae |
| Genus: | Melanerpes |
| Species: | M. aurifrons |
| Trinomial name | |
| Melanerpes aurifrons santacruzi (Bonaparte, 1838) | |
| Subspecies | |
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Velasquez's woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons santacruzi) is a species of bird in the Picidae family usually considered conspecific with the golden-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons). The IOC has split the species, but many other taxonomists have not, including the AOU.
It is endemic to southern Mexico and parts of Central America.
There are eleven subspecies if the bird is considered distinct:[1]
- M. s. polygrammus – (Cabanis, 1862): Oaxaca to Chiapas (southwest Mexico).
- M. s. grateloupensis – (Lesson, 1839): south Tamaulipas to Puebla & central Veracruz.
- M. s. veraecrucis – (Nelson, 1900): southern Veracruz to northern Guatemala.
- M. s. dubius – (Cabot, 1844): Yucatán Peninsula to Belize & northeastern Guatemala.
- M. s. leei – (Ridgway, 1885): Cozumel Island (off Mexico).
- M. s. santacruzi – (Bonaparte, 1838): south Chiapas to northern Nicaragua.
- M. s. hughlandi – (Dickerman, 1987): central Guatemala.
- M. s. pauper – (Ridgway, 1888): northern Honduras.
- M. s. turneffensis – (Russell, 1963): Turneffe Atoll (off Belize).
- M. s. insulanus – (Bond, 1936): Útila Island (off Honduras).
- M. s. canescens – (Salvin, 1889): Roatán & Barburat Islands (off Honduras).
Melanerpes santacruzi, San Juan Evangelista, Veracruz
References
- ↑ "Woodpeckers". International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
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