Includes Scale-breasted Woodpecker = Scaly-breasted Woodpecker
- Celeus undatus
Identification
23–24 cm (9-9½ in)
Male
- Red band from bill to ear-coverts
- Pale chestnut-red head
- Most of body reddish brown, in many subspecies barred blackish.
- Bill pale, straight, and medium length
Female: Female lacks red facial band
Distribution
South America: found in Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, eastern border of Venezuela, northern Brazil including Marajo Island and Ilha de Marajo.
Taxonomy
The last four subspecies were formerly split as Scale-breasted Woodpecker = Scaly-breasted Woodpecker. Difference was presence versus absence of barring on tail and rump, but voice identical.
Subspecies
Photo by Stanley Jones
Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Orellna Province, Ecuador, January 2016
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- C. u. undatus:
- C. u. amacurensis:
- North East Venezuela (Delta Amacuro)
- C. u. multifasciatus:
- North East Brazil south of the Amazon (Pará east to Rio Tocantins)
- C. u. grammicus:
- C. u. verreauxii:
- Tropical eastern Ecuador and adjacent north-eastern Peru
- C. u. subcervinus:
- West Amazonian Brazil and northern Mato Grosso
- C. u. latifasciatus:
- South East Peru to northern Bolivia and western Brazil (upper Rio Madeira)
The last four subspecies were formerly a separate species, the Scale-breasted Woodpecker = Scaly-breasted Woodpecker.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests and sometimes savanna areas.
Behaviour
Frequently found in mixed flocks, and usually prefer to be high in trees. Food preference seems to be ants and other similar size insects, while berries and fruit is a minor component.
Vocalisation
Most common call can be written as "fuweet-tjeeuh" or "fuweet-eeuh", where the first part is loud and upswept and the second part is soft and nasal.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Winkler, H., D. A. Christie, and P. F. D. Boesman (2023). Waved Woodpecker (Celeus undatus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (N. D. Sly, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.wavwoo5.01
- Ber van Perlo. 2009. A field guide to the Birds of Brazil. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Waved Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Waved_Woodpecker
External Links
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