Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Ringed Woodpecker (Celeus torquatus) - HBW 7, p. 523
French: Pic à cravate noir
German: Schwarzbrustspecht
Spanish: Carpintero Pechinegro
Taxonomy: Picus torquatus Boddaert, 1783, Cayenne.
Named race angustus (R Tapajós, Brazil) regarded as synonymous with occidentalis, which intergrades with nominate. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- occidentalis (Hargitt, 1889) - NE Ecuador, SE Colombia and W & C Amazonian Brazil E to S Venezuela, and S to E Peru, N Bolivia and Mato Grosso.
- torquatus (Boddaert, 1783) - E Venezuela and the Guianas S to Pará in NE Brazil.
- tinnunculus (Wagler, 1829) - E Brazil (SE Bahia, Espírito Santo).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female in a big tree, calling and moving Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp occidentalis)
Josep del Hoyo 29 August 2007 5 years ago 25 sec 4.6 -
A male on a branch, feeding. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp torquatus)
Nick Athanas 30 November 2006 6 years ago 42 sec 4.4 -
A female feeding on ants in a dead tree, while on the background the male (which is foraging in the same tree) can be heard hamm Locality Acarouany Creek, Mana, French Guiana (ssp torquatus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 26 April 2011 1 year ago 31 sec 4.2 -
A male feeding on ants in a dead tree. Locality Acarouany Creek, Mana, French Guiana (ssp torquatus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 26 April 2011 1 year ago 36 sec 4 -
A close view of a male in a dead tree, while it feeds on ants. Locality Acarouany Creek, Mana, French Guiana (ssp torquatus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 26 April 2011 1 year ago 40 sec 3.8 -
A foraging pair (the male below) on ants in the same dead tree. Locality Acarouany Creek, Mana, French Guiana (ssp torquatus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 26 April 2011 1 year ago 52 sec 3.8
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An adult male in the canopy at 35 m high.
Locality Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
Anselmo d Affonseca 1 year ago 4.1 -
A male on a branch.
Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp occidentalis)
Nick Athanas 21 January 2006 4 years ago 3.9 -
An adult female, in the canopy at 35 m high.
Locality Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
Anselmo d Affonseca 1 year ago 3.9 -
A female poking into a hole (higher resolution available upon request)
Locality Yutajé, Amazonas State, Venezuela (ssp occidentalis)
Gustavo A. Rodríguez 21 February 2012 1 year ago 3.3 -
On a small branch.
Locality Linhares Biological Reserve, Espirito Santo State, Brazil (ssp tinnunculus)
Ken Havard 8 November 2012 17 weeks ago 2.8
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Song in response to whistled imitation Locality Floresta Amazonica Hotel, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
(ssp occidentalis)
Bradley Davis 17 January 2006 3 years ago 3.5
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