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Piculus flavigula

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 flavigula
Subspecies: P. f. erythropis - P. f. flavigula - P. f. magnus

Name

Piculus flavigula (Boddaert, 1783)

Reference

Table des Planches Enluminéez d'Histoire Naturelle de M. D'Aubenton. p.47,49

Vernacular names
English: Yellow-throated Woodpecker
Français: Pic à gorge jaune
Português: Pica-pau-de-garganta-amarela

The Yellow-throated Woodpecker (Piculus flavigula) is a species of bird in the Picidae family, the woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks. It is found in northern and central South America in Brazil and the entire Amazon Basin; also the Guianas, and Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Besides the Amazon Basin it is found in the southeast basin in the adjoining Tocantins-Araguaia River drainage; on the east at the edge of its range there, it only occurs in the headwaters of the Tocantins, then recontinues at the joining of the Araguaia-Tocantins as it goes to the Atlantic Ocean.

Two separated disjunct populations occur in Brazil at the southeast coastal regions, (parts of the Caatinga). The largest group extends for 1500 km; the smaller only about 200 km. In Venezuela, it is found in the east and southeast and covers most of the Orinoco River drainage.

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

References

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

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