| Golden-breasted Woodpecker | |
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| Probable Golden-breasted Woodpecker in Uruguay (note pale green upperside with extensive black barring) | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Colaptes |
| Species: | C. (melanochloros) melanolaimus |
| Binomial name | |
| Colaptes (melanochloros) melanolaimus |
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| Synonyms | |
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Colaptes melanolaimus |
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The Golden-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes (melanochloros) melanolaimus) is a bird in the woodpecker family, Picidae. It is sometimes considered a distinct species C. melanolaimus. But more likely it is the southern populations of the Green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros), as it intergrades with the northern populations along the Paraná and Uruguay Rivers.