Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Scaly-breasted Woodpecker (Celeus grammicus) - HBW 7, p. 518
French: Pic de Verreaux
German: Gelbflankenspecht
Spanish: Carpintero Rojizo
Other common names: Scale-breasted Woodpecker
Taxonomy: Picus grammicus Natterer and Malherbe, 1845, Marabitanas, upper Rio Negro, Brazil.
Forms a superspecies with C. undatus. Proposed race undulatus, described from R Mocho (R Caura area, SC Venezuela), is known only from type locality; now included within nominate. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- grammicus (Natterer & Malherbe, 1845) - SE Colombia and S Venezuela S to NE Peru and W Brazil; also French Guiana (Nouragues area).
- verreauxii (Malherbe, 1858) - E Ecuador and adjacent NE Peru.
- subcervinus Todd, 1937 - Brazil, S of R Amazon, E to lower R Tapajós and S to N Mato Grosso.
- latifasciatus Seilern, 1936 - SE Peru and SW Brazil (upper R Madeira) S to N Bolivia (Beni).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male moving in a tree Locality Pousada Rio Roosevelt, Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp subcervinus)
Josep del Hoyo 8 July 2007 5 years ago 27 sec 4.1 -
Two males engaged in a display (the activity continued for more than 15 minutes on the same tree trunk) Locality Gareno Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp verreauxii)
Richard Garrigues 29 January 2008 4 years ago 1 min 18 sec 4.1 -
A bird moving up a tree. Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp subcervinus)
Paul Clarke 13 August 2008 3 years ago 25 sec 3.4
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Bird foraging on branch.
Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador
Miriam Bauman 1 January 2010 2 years ago 3.3 -
Bird foraging on trunk.
Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador
Miriam Bauman 1 January 2010 2 years ago 3.2 -
Dorsal view of a female perched on a trunk.
Locality Los Amigos Biological Station (CICRA), Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp latifasciatus)
Joe Tobias 30 August 2006 20 weeks ago 3 -
A female on a branch
Locality Yutajé, Amazonas State, Venezuela (ssp grammicus)
Gustavo A. Rodríguez 22 February 2012 1 year ago 3 -
High up in the middle of the jungle, looking for food
Locality La Selva Lodge, Sucumbios Province, Ecuador (ssp verreauxii)
Photo-ay 7 August 2007 3 years ago 3
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Song from a bird near an active nest Locality Pousada Rio Roosevelt, Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil
(ssp subcervinus)
Bradley Davis 1 November 2008 3 years ago 4
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