Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Yucatan Woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus) - HBW 7, p. 447
French: Pic de Yucatan
German: Yucatanspecht
Spanish: Carpintero Yucateco
Other common names: Red-vented Woodpecker
Taxonomy: Centurus rubriventris pygmæus Ridgway, 1885, Cozumel Island, Mexico.
Sometimes combined with other barred congeners in a separate genus Centurus. Forms a superspecies with M. rubricapillus, and sometimes treated as conspecific, but geographical isolation, combined with minor morphological differences, supports allospecies treatment. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rubricomus J. L. Peters, 1948 - Yucatán Peninsula S to C Belize.
- pygmaeus (Ridgway, 1885) - Cozumel I (off E Yucatán Peninsula).
- tysoni (Bond, 1936) - Guanaja I (off N Honduras).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird foraging in a small tree, flying away at the end. Locality Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp pygmaeus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2005 2 years ago 26 sec 4 -
A male in a dead tree and flying away Locality San Gervasio, Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp pygmaeus)
Josep del Hoyo 23 September 2006 5 years ago 9 sec 3.9 -
A male in a tree, foraging Locality San Gervasio, Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp pygmaeus)
Josep del Hoyo 23 September 2006 5 years ago 39 sec 3.7 -
A female sunning and preening Locality San Gervasio, Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp pygmaeus)
Josep del Hoyo 23 September 2006 5 years ago 23 sec 3.1 -
A bird perched on a branch of a dead tree. Locality Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp rubricomu)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2005 2 years ago 7 sec 3
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In Uxmal in the trees near the ruins
Locality Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Photo-ay 11 January 2006 2 years ago 3
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