Chestnut-coloured Woodpecker

Chestnut-coloured Woodpecker
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Celeus
Species: C. castaneus
Binomial name
Celeus castaneus
(Wagler, 1829)

The Chestnut-coloured Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.

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Habitat

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Description

Appears very dark, with many V-shaped black marks on rich chestnut above and below; crested head creamy brown; bill greenish ivory. Male broad moustache mark, part of ear patch and (sometimes) lores red.

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