Piculus chrysochloros

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Piciformes
Familia: Picidae
Subfamilia: Picinae
Genus: Piculus
Species: Piculus chrysochloros
Subspecies: P. c. aurosus - P. c. capistratus - P. c. chrysochloros - P. c. guianensis - P. c. hypochryseus - P. c. laemostictus - P. c. paraensis - P. c. polyzonus - P. c. xanthochlorus

Name

Piculus chrysochloros (Vieillot, 1818)

Reference

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle Appliquée Aux Arts, principalement à l'Agriculture et à l'Economie rurale et domestique par une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs, avec des figures tirées des trois règnes de la nature. 26 p.98

Vernacular names
English: Golden-green Woodpecker
Français: Pic vert-doré
Português: Pica-pau-de-ouro

The Golden-green Woodpecker (Piculus chrysochloros) is a species of bird in the Picidae family, the woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks. It is found in north-central South America, centered on the Amazon Basin in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru and Suriname. A disjunct region of the bird's range occurs in northwestern Colombia and Venezuela. A second disjunct group is found 1500 km southeast of the Amazon Basin in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, in an 800 km coastal strip.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. Piculus chrysochloros. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.