Melanerpes santacruzi (Velasquez's Woodpecker)

Velasquez's Woodpecker

Melanerpes santacruzi (Bonaparte, CLJL 1838)

Velasquez's woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae usually considered conspecific with the golden-fronted woodpecker. The IOC has split the species, but many other taxonomists have not, including the American Ornithological Society. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Melanerpes
Scientific:
  Melanerpes santacruzi

Original description

Citation:
(Bonaparte, CLJL 1838)

Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London pt.5, no.59 p.116

Imprint year:
1837

Protonym:
Centurus Santa Cruzi

Type locality:
Guatemala.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96163#page/288/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
08B7EB33C7A70CD1

Avibase ID:
avibase-08B7EB33

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/08B7EB33

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 686100

Geographic range:

Melanerpes santacruzi santacruzi: southeastern Chiapas to El Salvador, southwestern Honduras, and north-central Nicaragua
Melanerpes santacruzi hughlandi: Guatemala (upper Río Negro and upper Motagua Valley)
Melanerpes santacruzi dubius: southern Mexico (Yucatán Peninsula) to northeastern Guatemala and Belize
Melanerpes santacruzi leei: Cozumel (off Yucatán Peninsula)
Melanerpes santacruzi turneffensis: Turneffe Islands (off Belize)
Melanerpes santacruzi pauper: coastal northern Honduras
Melanerpes santacruzi insulanus: Utila Island (off northern Honduras)
Melanerpes santacruzi canescens: Roatán and Barbareta islands (off northern Honduras)
Melanerpes santacruzi polygrammus: arid southwestern Mexico (southwestern Oaxaca through interior Chiapas)
Melanerpes santacruzi grateloupensis: eastern Mexico (Tamaulipas and San Luís Potosí to Puebla and Veracruz)
Melanerpes santacruzi veraecrucis: Atlantic slope: eastern Mexico (Veracruz) to northeastern Guatemala
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Velasquez's Woodpecker
Czech:
datel guatemalský
Danish:
Velasquez-spætte
German:
Karibikspecht
French:
Pic de Santa Cruz
Italian:
Picchio di Santa Cruz
Dutch:
Velasquez' Specht
Norwegian:
Krattspett
Polish:
dzięciur złotobrzuchy
Portuguese:
pica-pau-centro-americano
Portuguese (Portugal):
pica-pau-de-santa-cruz
Russian:
Сантакрусский дятел
Slovak:
tesárik stredoamerický
Swedish:
velásquezspett
Ukrainian:
гіла жовточерева
Chinese:
委氏啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
維拉氏啄木

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Velasquez's Woodpecker ( Melanerpes santacruzi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Velasquez's Woodpecker ( Melanerpes santacruzi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Velasquez's Woodpecker ( Melanerpes santacruzi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Velasquez's Woodpecker ( Melanerpes santacruzi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Velasquez's Woodpecker ( Melanerpes santacruzi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Velasquez's Woodpecker ( Melanerpes santacruzi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Velasquez's Woodpecker ( Melanerpes santacruzi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Velasquez's Woodpecker ( Melanerpes santacruzi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Velasquez's Woodpecker ( Melanerpes santacruzi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Velasquez's Woodpecker ( Melanerpes santacruzi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Velasquez's Woodpecker ( Melanerpes santacruzi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Velasquez's Woodpecker ( Melanerpes santacruzi) [version 1]
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Melanerpes santacruzi [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Melanerpes [aurifrons or santacruzi] (sensu lato) by some authors

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