Velasquez's woodpecker
| Velasquez's woodpecker | |
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| A Velasquez's woodpecker eating annona fruit in the Yucatán | |
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Subfamily: | Picinae |
| Genus: | Melanerpes |
| Species: | M. santacruzi'' |
| Binomial name | |
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Melanerpes santacruzi (Bonaparte, 1838) |
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| Subspecies | |
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11, see text |
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| Synonyms | |
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Melanerpes aurifrons santacruzi |
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11, see text
Melanerpes aurifrons santacruzi
Velasquez's woodpecker (Melanerpes santacruzi) is a species of bird in the family Picidae usually considered conspecific with the golden-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons). The IOC has split the species, but many other taxonomists have not, including the American Ornithological Society.
It is endemic to southern Mexico and parts of Central America.
There are eleven subspecies if the bird is considered distinct:
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