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- Melanerpes pygmaeus
Identification
Within range, the yellow-golden feather tufts around the base of the bill are diagnostic. Also has wider white bars on the back than the local subspecies of Golden-fronted Woodpecker.
The juvenile shares the barred back, but the rest is rather evenly grey.
Similar species
Golden-fronted Woodpecker in this area has red tufts around the base of the bill
Distribution
Central America: found in Yucatán Peninsula and Cozumel Island (Mexico), Belize, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized:[1]
- M. p. rubricomus:
- Yucatán Peninsula to central Belize
- M. p. pygmaeus:
- Cozumel Island
- M. p. tysoni:
- Guanaja Island (off Honduras)
Habitat
Dry forests and shrubland.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Yucatan Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yucatan_Woodpecker
