Grey-breasted Woodpecker

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Grey-breasted Woodpecker
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Melanerpes
Species: M. hypopolius
Binomial name
Melanerpes hypopolius
(Wagler, 1829)

The Grey-breasted Woodpecker (Melanerpes hypopolius) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is endemic to the interior of southwestern Mexico.

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[edit] Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

[edit] Description

Like Gila Woodpecker (male has round red crown patch), but pale red on cheek; short black line over eye; much darker and grayer below and on head

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