Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Golden-green Woodpecker (Piculus chrysochloros) - HBW 7, p. 506
French: Pic vert-doré
German: Bronzespecht
Spanish: Carpintero Verdiamarillo
Taxonomy: Picus chrysochloros Vieillot, 1818, Paraguay and Brazil.
Forms a superspecies with P. aurulentus. Specific name sometimes misspelt as chrysochlorus. Racial differentiation partly obscured by considerable individual variation; birds in S Colombia (Putumayo) and NE Ecuador lacking red malar stripe may possibly represent a new, as yet unnamed race; further study needed, possibly also taxonomic revision. Nine subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aurosus (Nelson, 1912) - E Panama.
- xanthochlorus (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1875) - N Colombia and NW Venezuela.
- capistratus (Malherbe, 1862) - SE Colombia and NW Brazil E to Surinam.
- aurosus (Nelson, 1912) - E Panama.
- xanthochlorus (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1875) - N Colombia and NW Venezuela.
- capistratus (Malherbe, 1862) - SE Colombia and NW Brazil E to Surinam.
- guianensis Todd, 1937 - French Guiana.
- paraensis (Snethlage, 1907) - NE Brazil.
- laemostictus Todd, 1937 - NW Brazil.
- hypochryseus Todd, 1937 - W Brazil S to N Bolivia.
- chrysochloros (Vieillot, 1818) - C & S Brazil S to E Bolivia, W Paraguay and N Argentina (Formosa S to Santa Fe).
- polyzonus (Valenciennes, 1826) - SE Brazil (Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Male on a branch. Locality Quixadá, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp paraensis)
Ciro Albano 26 January 2010 2 years ago 38 sec 4 -
A male poking into a cavity in an arboreal termite colony Locality Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp hypochryseus)
Scott Olmstead 5 August 2007 4 years ago 41 sec 3.6 -
A bird on a branch, pecking Locality Hato Piñero, Cojedes State, Venezuela (ssp xanthochlorus)
DAVID ASCANIO 28 February 2006 5 years ago 25 sec 2.9 -
A male in a tree Locality Junglaven, Ventuari River, Amazonas State, Venezuela (ssp capistratus)
Josep del Hoyo 3 March 2002 5 years ago 11 sec 2.6 -
A male in a tree Locality Junglaven, Ventuari River, Amazonas State, Venezuela (ssp capistratus)
Josep del Hoyo 3 March 2002 5 years ago 11 sec 2
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A female on the tree
Locality Passo do Lontra, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 10 August 2010 13 weeks ago 3.7 -
A male on the tree
Locality Passo do Lontra, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 10 August 2010 13 weeks ago 3.5 -
A male climbing a tree.
Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp hypochryseus)
Carmelo López 19 November 2011 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.3
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