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Main source of foods is insects and other invertebrates, but has for a while been known to also eat fruit. Recent observations show that the Cuban Green Woodpecker also will drink nectar from some flowers and that they in doing so actually help pollinating those flowers. | Main source of foods is insects and other invertebrates, but has for a while been known to also eat fruit. Recent observations show that the Cuban Green Woodpecker also will drink nectar from some flowers and that they in doing so actually help pollinating those flowers. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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#Dalsgaard, B. 2011. Nectar feeding and pollination by the Cuban Green Woodpecker (''Xiphidiopicus percussus'') in the West Indies. Ornithologia Neotropical 22(3):447-451 | #Dalsgaard, B. 2011. Nectar feeding and pollination by the Cuban Green Woodpecker (''Xiphidiopicus percussus'') in the West Indies. Ornithologia Neotropical 22(3):447-451 | ||
| + | #Farnsworth, Andrew. 2012. Cuban Green Woodpecker (''Xiphidiopicus percussus''), Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; retrieved from [http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=27374 Neotropical Birds Online] | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Xiphidiopicus+percussus}} | {{GSearch|Xiphidiopicus+percussus}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Xiphidiopicus]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Xiphidiopicus]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:07, 27 November 2018
- Xiphidiopicus percussus
Identification
- Olive green back
- Yellow below, dark streaked
- White head
- Thick black stripe behind the eye
- Small red throat patch
- Male - red crown
- Female - white streaked, black forecrown; red nape; shorter bill
Distribution
Endemic to Cuba and some small adjacent islands.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- X. p. percussus:
- X. p. insulaepinorum:
- Isle of Pines, Cantiles Keys and Archipelago Jardines de la Reina
Four additional subspecies are not generally recognised: monticola, marthae, cocoensis and gloriae[2].
Habitat
Dry forests with pine, and coastal vegetation.
Behaviour
Main source of foods is insects and other invertebrates, but has for a while been known to also eat fruit. Recent observations show that the Cuban Green Woodpecker also will drink nectar from some flowers and that they in doing so actually help pollinating those flowers.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Arthur Grosset
- Dalsgaard, B. 2011. Nectar feeding and pollination by the Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus) in the West Indies. Ornithologia Neotropical 22(3):447-451
- Farnsworth, Andrew. 2012. Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus), Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Cuban Green Woodpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cuban_Green_Woodpecker
