Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Grey-breasted Woodpecker (Melanerpes hypopolius) - HBW 7, p. 447
French: Pic alezan
German: Graukehlspecht
Spanish: Carpintero Pechigrís
Other common names: Balsas Woodpecker
Taxonomy: Picus hypopolius Wagler, 1829, Tehuacán and Tecuapán, Puebla, Mexico.
Sometimes combined with other barred congeners in a separate genus Centurus. Possibly closer to M. lewis, M. formicivorus and M. erythrocephalus. Formerly considered conspecific with M. uropygialis. Monotypic.
Distribution: Interior of SW Mexico from N Guerrero and Morelos E to EC Oaxaca.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female feeding on a an agave flower, she is joined by a male, they call and display briefly and perch together in a palm tree, Locality Yagul Archaeological Ruins, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 April 2009 3 years ago 35 sec 3.5 -
A male on a palm, looking around and preening. Locality Yagul Archaeological Ruins, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 April 2009 3 years ago 29 sec 2.3
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An adult female in the hand.
Locality Puebla State, Mexico (Northern) (Monotypic species)
Evaristo Hernandez F. 31 October 2009 2 years ago 3.4 -
A pair on a palm (the male on the left).
Locality Yagul Archaeological Ruins, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 April 2009 3 years ago 2.5 -
male on a pipe cactus
Locality Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Michael Retter 1 January 2008 3 years ago 2.4
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