Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Woodpeckers and Allies :: Yellow-tufted Woodpecker

Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus

Described by: Boddaert (1783)
Alternate common name(s): Red-fronted Woodpecker
Old scientific name(s): Tripsurus cruentatus

Photographs

La Selva Lodge, Ecuador - Feb 24, 2004 © William Hull  La Selva Lodge, Ecuador - Feb 24, 2004 © William Hull  La Selva Lodge, Ecuador - Feb 24, 2004 © William Hull  La Selva Lodge, Ecuador - Feb 24, 2004 © William Hull  La Selva Lodge, Ecuador - Feb 24, 2004 © William Hull 
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Range

Amazonian South America;
E. of the Andes in Upper Amazonia from e. Colombia, Venezuela and ne. Brazil to e. Ecuador, e. Peru, n. and e. Bolivia.
The Red-fronted Woodpecker predominates in s. and se. Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, Guiana and n. Amazonian Brazil.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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