Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula) - HBW 7, p. 510
French: Pic de Cayenne
German: Tüpfelbrustspecht
Spanish: Carpintero Moteado
Other common names: Spot-breasted Flicker
Taxonomy: Picus punctigula Boddaert, 1783, Cayenne.
Sometimes placed in a separate genus Chrysoptilus with the other “forest flickers” C. atricollis and C. melanochloros. May form a superspecies with latter. Other named races are lutescens (E Darién), not reliably distinct from ujhelyii; “notatus” (Colombia), known only from unique type, possibly an aberrant punctipectus; and speciosus (E Peru) and rubidipectus (NE Brazil N of Amazon), both considered indistinguishable from guttatus. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- striatigularis (Chapman, 1914) - WC Colombia.
- ujhelyii (Madarász, 1912) - E Panama (E Darién) and N Colombia.
- zuliae (Cory, 1915) - NW Venezuela.
- striatigularis (Chapman, 1914) - WC Colombia.
- ujhelyii (Madarász, 1912) - E Panama (E Darién) and N Colombia.
- zuliae (Cory, 1915) - NW Venezuela.
- punctipectus (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) - E Colombia and most of Venezuela (except NW).
- punctigula (Boddaert, 1783) - the Guianas.
- guttatus (Spix, 1824) - Amazonia from E Ecuador and E Peru E to NE Brazil (Pará), S to NW Bolivia and N Mato Grosso.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close view of a male Locality San Miguel, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia (ssp punctipectus)
Pere Sugranyes 30 April 2005 4 years ago 26 sec 4.3 -
A male perched on a branch, eventually flying away. Locality Weg naar Zee, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp punctigula)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 10 July 2011 25 weeks ago 25 sec 4 -
A front and a dorsal view of a male on a branch with its bill opened Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp guttatus)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 4 years ago 26 sec 3.9 -
A front view of a male on a branch and flying away Locality Araya Peninsula, Sucre State, Venezuela (ssp punctipectus)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2007 4 years ago 6 sec 3.5 -
A bird pecking on a wood post Locality Unare Lagoon, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela (ssp punctipectus)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 August 2003 4 years ago 20 sec 3.4 -
A male perched low at the edge of a river, and flying away Locality Junglaven, Ventuari River, Amazonas State, Venezuela (ssp punctipectus)
Josep del Hoyo 3 March 2002 5 years ago 4 sec 3.4
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female on a branch
Locality Pereira, Risaralda Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 31 December 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
Ventral view of male perched on a twig
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp punctipectus)
Mikko Pyhälä 10 January 2010 2 years ago 3.8 -
A male in a tree.
Locality Guárico State, Venezuela (ssp punctipectus)
Nick Athanas 15 October 2005 3 years ago 3.8 -
Male - feeding on insects on a tree branch
Locality Leticia, Amazonas Department, Colombia
Blair Wainman 15 August 2009 2 years ago 3.6 -
Male adult.
Locality Awala-Yalimapo, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 7 July 2008 1 year ago 3.6 -
Dorsal view of male climbing a trunk
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp punctipectus)
Mikko Pyhälä 10 January 2010 2 years ago 3.5
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Song. Locality Sumaco, Napo Province, Ecuador
(ssp guttatus)
Nick Athanas 1 January 2004 2 years ago 4.7
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