Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros Scientific name definitions
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Catalan | picot alabarrat septentrional |
Czech | datel mravenčí |
Dutch | Groenbandgrondspecht |
English | Green-barred Woodpecker |
English (United States) | Green-barred Woodpecker |
French | Pic vert et noir |
French (France) | Pic vert et noir |
German | Grünbindenspecht |
Japanese | アオシマオゲラ |
Norwegian | caatingaspett |
Polish | dzięcioł czarnoczelny |
Portuguese (Brazil) | pica-pau-verde-barrado |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Pica-pau-verde-barrado |
Russian | Черноусый дятел |
Serbian | Zelenkasta američka žuna |
Slovak | vlikáč čiernočelý |
Spanish | Carpintero Real Norteño |
Spanish (Argentina) | Carpintero Real |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Carpintero real |
Spanish (Spain) | Carpintero real norteño |
Spanish (Uruguay) | Carpintero Nuca Roja |
Swedish | grönbandad hackspett |
Turkish | Yeşil-Siyah Ağaçkakan |
Ukrainian | Декол плямистоволий |
Revision Notes
Harold F. Greeney standardized the content with Clements taxonomy. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Colaptes melanochloros (Gmelin, 1788)
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Introduction
The Green-barred Woodpecker is a widespread inhabitant of eastern and southern South America. It is predominantly yellowish green, with barred wing coverts and rump, and sports a black forehead with a red hindcrown; the three southern subspecies, which formerly were considered a separate species ("Golden-breasted" Woodpecker), are larger with whiter bellies. These woodpeckers inhabit a variety of habitats from lowland forest to Andean desert scrub. Green-barred Woodpecker feeds almost exclusively on ants, but also consumes some cactus fruits and berries. Most often found foraging in the lower and middle sections of trees, Green-barred Woodpecker can at times be seen in groups with the larger and more wary Campo Flicker (Colaptes campestris) feeding on ants on the ground.