Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Scarlet-backed Woodpecker (Veniliornis callonotus) - HBW 7, p. 499
French: Pic rubin
German: Scharlachrückenspecht
Spanish: Carpintero Escarlata
Taxonomy: Picus callonotus Waterhouse, 1841, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Race major intergrades freely with nominate in SW Ecuador, where many individuals have intermediate appearance. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- callonotus (Waterhouse, 1841) - SW Colombia (Nariño) and W Ecuador (S to Guayas and coastal El Oro).
- major (Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884) - SW Ecuador (El Oro, Loja) and NW Peru.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult bird on the trunk of a tree Locality Limon Canyon, Olmos, Lambayeque Department, Peru (ssp major)
Luc Fazio 6 August 1999 4 years ago 22 sec 3.5
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Series of a copulating pair
Locality Jorupe Reserve, Loja Province, Ecuador (ssp major)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 16 August 2011 36 weeks ago 4.2 -
A male perched on a trunk.
Locality Punta Sal, Tumbes Department, Peru (ssp major)
Joe Tobias 24 December 2007 36 weeks ago 4.2 -
Dorsal view of a male in a trunk.
Locality Punta Sal, Tumbes Department, Peru (ssp major)
Joe Tobias 24 December 2007 36 weeks ago 3.8 -
A male on a trunk, in dry forest. Un macho sobre un tronco, en el bosque seco.
Locality Cerros de Amotape National Park, Peru (ssp callonotus)
José M. Formentí 13 August 2011 19 weeks ago 3.7 -
A bird on a trunk, at tropical dry forest. Un ave sobre un tronco, en el bosque seco tropical.
Locality Cerros de Amotape National Park, Peru
José M. Formentí 13 August 2011 19 weeks ago 3.6 -
A male looking for food in a trunk.
Locality Punta Sal, Tumbes Department, Peru (ssp major)
Joe Tobias 24 December 2007 36 weeks ago 3.4
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Birds flying, calling and drumming in a tropical dry forest. Aves volando, llamando y tamborileando en el bosque seco tropical. Locality Cerros de Amotape National Park, Peru
(ssp callonotus)
José M. Formentí 13 August 2011 19 weeks ago 4
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