Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Monotypic
Text last updated November 25, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | picot blau |
Czech | datel žlutooký |
Dutch | Geelbrauwspecht |
English | Yellow-tufted Woodpecker |
English (United States) | Yellow-tufted Woodpecker |
Finnish | keltasilmätikka |
French | Pic à chevron d'or |
French (France) | Pic à chevron d'or |
German | Gelbbrauenspecht |
Japanese | マミジロミヤビゲラ |
Norwegian | amazonspett |
Polish | dzięciur czarnoszyi |
Portuguese (Brazil) | benedito-de-testa-vermelha |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Benedito-de-testa-vermelha |
Russian | Златобровый дятел |
Serbian | Žutoćubi detlić |
Slovak | tesárik žltooký |
Spanish | Carpintero Azulado |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Carpintero Penachiamarillo |
Spanish (Peru) | Carpintero de Penacho Amarillo |
Spanish (Spain) | Carpintero azulado |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Carpintero Negro |
Swedish | gulögd hackspett |
Turkish | Sarı Kaşlı Ağaçkakan |
Ukrainian | Гіла чорношия |
Melanerpes cruentatus (Boddaert, 1783)
Definitions
- MELANERPES
- cruentata / cruentatum / cruentatus
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Introduction
Dubbed by one author the "harlequins of the forest canopy" (Hilty 2003), the colorful and noisy Yellow-tufted Woodpecker is common and conspicuous throughout the Amazon region of eastern South America. Highly social, these woodpeckers are seen most often in groups of 3-8. They make their presence known with frequent vocalizations and often perch out in the open. Yellow-tufted is a small, mostly black woodpecker with a white rump, and an elaborate yellow facial tuft that extends from a yellow eye ring; it also has a red belly. Yellow-tufted Woodpeckers are omnivorous and inhabit humid forests, forest borders, and clearings with tall dead trees. Yellow-tufted Woodpecker nests somewhat communally with multiple nests in a given area tended by family helpers from previous generations.