Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Rufous-winged Woodpecker (Piculus simplex) - HBW 7, p. 504
French: Pic à ailes rousses
German: Zimtflügelspecht
Spanish: Carpintero Alirrufo
Taxonomy: Chloronerpes simplex Salvin, 1870, Bugaba, Chiriquí, Panama.
May form a superspecies with P. callopterus, P. litae and P. leucolaemus; all four have often been treated as conspecific. Proposed race allophyeus, from Honduras, known from only two specimens; further study needed. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Honduras S to Costa Rica and W Panama (W Chiriquí, W Bocas del Toro, Atlantic slope of Veraguas).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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female making a nest Locality Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 1 October 2009 2 years ago 29 sec 4.2 -
A female pecking on a branch and flying away Locality Golfito, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Max Roth 31 January 2004 7 years ago 26 sec 4.2 -
A juvenile perched on a trunk Locality Golfito, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Max Roth 31 January 2004 7 years ago 23 sec 4 -
A male feeding a juvenile Locality Golfito, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Max Roth 31 January 2004 7 years ago 23 sec 3.3
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Female making a nesting hole
Locality Gavilan Lodge, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 2 March 2006 2 years ago 3
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