Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus) - HBW 7, p. 521
French: Pic roux
German: Kastanienspecht
Spanish: Carpintero Castaño
Other common names: Chestnut Woodpecker(!)
Taxonomy: Picus castaneus Wagler, 1829, no locality = Veracruz, Mexico.
Possibly forms a superspecies with C. elegans, C. lugubris and C. flavescens. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Mexico (from S Veracruz, N Oaxaca) S to W Panama.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Pecking on tree. Locality Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Jaguar Preserve), Stann Creek District, Belize
Wayne Hall 27 February 2008 4 years ago 59 sec 4.3 -
A male foraging on small trunks. Locality La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Richard Garrigues 27 May 2012 46 weeks ago 20 sec 4 -
A bird creeping in a trunk and then feeding Locality Palenque, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Rigdon Currie 31 January 2004 5 years ago 13 sec 3.1
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Bird feeding on Heliconia flower
Locality La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Chris and Megan Perkins 21 March 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
Male.
Locality Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge, Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Miriam Bauman 7 February 2011 2 years ago 3.6 -
Female in a banana tree
Locality Manzanillo, Limón Province, Costa Rica
Marc FASOL 20 August 2012 22 weeks ago 3.5 -
Dorsal view of a pair on a tree.
Locality Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge, Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Miriam Bauman 7 February 2011 2 years ago 3.3 -
Feeding on Heliconia flowers.
Locality La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Mark Gurney 1 March 2007 3 years ago 2.8
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