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Male
Photo © by Fritz73
Buenos Aires City, Argentina, 4 November 2018

Veniliornis mixtus

Picoides mixtus

Identification

Female
Photo by nkgray
Uguay, Esteros del Iberá, Argentina, September 2013

14cm

• Black and white plumage
• Black and white bands on back
  

Male has a red mark on back of head

Distribution

South America: found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.

Taxonomy

Recent results place this species in genus Veniliornis instead of the traditional Picoides^[2].

Subspecies

Four subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• V. m. mixtus:

• Northern Argentina (Paraná River drainage and Buenos Aires Province)

• V. m. berlepschi:

• Central Argentina (Córdoba south to Neuquén and Río Negro)

• V. m. malleator:

• Chaco of northern Argentina, Paraguay and south-eastern Bolivia

• V. m. cancellatus:

• Extreme eastern Bolivia to eastern Brazil, north-eastern Paraguay and western Uruguay

Habitat

Dry forest and savanna, shrubland.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects and seeds.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Paper describing DNA based phylogeny of among others, this species
4. SACC proposal to move this species
5. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Checkered Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Checkered_Woodpecker

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