Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis) - HBW 7, p. 532
French: Pic à bec clair
German: Königspecht
Spanish: Picamaderos Piquiclaro
Other common names: Flint-billed Woodpecker
Taxonomy: Picus guatemalensis Hartlaub, 1844, Guatemala.
Formerly placed in genus Phloeoceastes with seven other species, all of which are now lumped into Campephilus. Forms a superspecies with C. melanoleucos and C. gayaquilensis. Birds from Sonora described as race dorsofasciatus, on basis of more barred rump, but this character matched by individuals of nelsoni. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nelsoni (Ridgway, 1911) - W Mexico, from S Sonora S to Oaxaca.
- regius Reichenbach, 1854 - E Mexico, from Tamaulipas S to Veracruz.
- guatemalensis (Hartlaub, 1844) - Veracruz to W Panama.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female pecking a trunk Locality Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica (ssp guatamalensis)
Max Roth 28 February 2001 8 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
A male pecking on a trunk Locality Mayflower Bocawina National Park, Stann Creek District, Belize (ssp guatemalensis)
Wayne Hall 20 February 2007 4 years ago 1 min 2 sec 4.1 -
Bird foraging on dead palm tree Locality Macal River, Cayo District, Belize
Alexander Grimwade 20 March 2010 3 years ago 25 sec 3.8 -
A female preening and drumming, viewed from the side and the rear Locality Manuel Antonio, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp guatamalensis)
Greg Baker 10 April 2001 1 year ago 57 sec 3.8 -
A male looking for prey in a small hole of a trunk. Locality Laguna Seca, Corozal District, Belize (ssp guatemalensis)
DAVID ASCANIO 1 December 2007 4 years ago 16 sec 3.7 -
A male pecking a trunk. Locality Lacanjá-Chansayab, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp guatemalensis)
Josep del Hoyo 13 April 2009 3 years ago 46 sec 3.5
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An adult male
Locality Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern)
Ken Havard 29 October 2004 2 years ago 3.6 -
Adult male bird on a tree
Locality Tikal National Park, Petén Department, Guatemala
Ian Hempstead 20 March 2012 1 year ago 3.5 -
Male on a tree
Locality Mismaloya, Jalisco State, Mexico (Northern)
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 28 March 2009 1 year ago 3.4 -
An adult foraging on a tree.
Locality Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 26 September 2011 1 year ago 3.4 -
Female in the forest
Locality Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge, Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp guatemalensis)
auf 5 July 2005 3 years ago 3.3 -
Climbing a trunk
Locality Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Róger Rodríguez 30 December 2012 19 weeks ago 3
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Calls from a male. Locality La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
(ssp guatemalensis)
Scott Olmstead 9 February 2010 3 years ago 3
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