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Blond-crested Woodpecker
Celeus flavescens (Gmelin, JF 1788)
The blond-crested woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae, the woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks. It is found in Brazil, southeastern Paraguay, and extreme northeastern Argentina. A small disjunct population occurs at the Amazon River mouth and upstream, including the southern part of Ilha de Marajo. The ochre-backed woodpecker is sometimes considered a subspecies. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. Source: Wikipedia
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Piciformes
Family:
Picidae
Genus:
Celeus
Scientific:
Celeus flavescens
Classification
Order:Piciformes
Family:
Picidae
Genus:
Celeus
Scientific:
Celeus flavescens
Original description
Citation:
(Gmelin, JF 1788)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1
Protonym:
Picus flavescens
Type locality:
Brazil; restricted to Rio de Janeiro by Cory, antea, p. 448.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10285#page/439/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
CF5A6539C0F86006
Avibase ID:
avibase-CF5A6539
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/CF5A6539
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554093
Geographic range:
- Celeus flavescens: gallery forest in the cerrado of interior Brazil, and humid forest in the Atlantic Forest of coastal Brazil, from southern Piauí, northern Goiás, northern Mato Grosso, and central Bahia southward to southern Paraná, northern Rio Grande do Sul, eastern Paraguay, and northernmost Argentina
- Celeus flavescens flavescens: eastern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) to eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina
- Celeus flavescens intercedens: eastern Brazil (western Bahia to Goiás and Minas Gerais)
Source: Clements checklist
Blond-crested Woodpecker
Afrikaans:
Blondkuifspeg
Bulgarian:
Светлоглав кълвач
Catalan:
Picot ros
Czech:
datel žlutohlavý
Danish:
Jaguarspætte
German:
Gelbschopfspecht
Esperanto:
blondkresta pego
Spanish:
Carpintero Amarillento
Spanish (Spain):
Carpintero Amarillento
Estonian:
tõmmu-tutträhn
Finnish:
kultatöyhtötikka
French:
Pic à tête blonde
Croatian:
krunata žuna
Italian:
Picchio crestabionda
Japanese (romaji):
kigashiratennyogera
Japanese:
キガシラテンニョゲラ
Lithuanian:
Šviesusis kuoduotasis genys
Dutch:
Blondkuifspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Blondinespett
Norwegian:
Blondinespett
Polish:
dzięcioł żółtawy
Portuguese:
Pica-pau-de-cabeça-amarela
Portuguese (Brazil):
pica-pau-de-cabeça-amarela
Portuguese (Portugal):
Pica-pau-de-cabeça-amarela
Russian:
Белокурый дятел-гренадер
Slovak:
vlikáč žltochochlatý
Serbian:
Detlić sa žutom ćubom
Swedish:
blond kastanjespett
Turkish:
Sarışın ağaçkakan
Ukrainian:
Ятла жовтоголова
Chinese:
淡黄冠啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
淡黃栗啄木
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Blond-crested Woodpecker [Blond-crested] ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Blond-crested Woodpecker (Blond-crested) ( Celeus flavescens flavescens/intercedens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Blond-crested Woodpecker (Blond-crested) ( Celeus flavescens flavescens/intercedens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Blond-crested Woodpecker (Blond-crested) ( Celeus flavescens flavescens/intercedens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Blond-crested Woodpecker (Blond-crested) ( Celeus flavescens flavescens/intercedens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Blond-crested Woodpecker (Blond-crested) ( Celeus flavescens flavescens/intercedens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Blond-crested Woodpecker (Blond-crested) ( Celeus flavescens flavescens/intercedens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Blond-crested Woodpecker (Blond-crested) ( Celeus flavescens flavescens/intercedens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) |
| South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) |
| South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) |
| South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): Blond-crested Woodpecker ( Celeus flavescens) |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Celeus [flavescens or ochraceus]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Blondkuifspeg
Bulgarian: Светлоглав кълвач
Catalan: Picot ocre, Picot ros
Czech: datel žlutohlavý
Danish: Jaguarspætte
German: Blondschopfspecht, Gelbschopfspecht
English: Blond-crested Woodpecker, Blond-crested Woodpecker (Blond-crested), Blond-crested Woodpecker [Blond-crested]
English (Avilist): Blond-crested Woodpecker
English, HBW: Blond-crested Woodpecker
English (IOC): Blond-crested Woodpecker
English (United States): Blond-crested Woodpecker
Esperanto: blondkresta pego, Flavkresta pego
Spanish: Carpintero Amarillento
Spanish (Argentine): Carpintero copete amarillo
Spanish (Spain): Carpintero Amarillento, Carpintero Amarillento (flavescens/intercedens)
Spanish (HBW): Blond-crested Woodpecker (Blond-crested)
Spanish (Paraguay): Carpintero copete amarillo
Estonian: tõmmu-tutträhn
Finnish: kultatöyhtötikka
French: Pic à tête blonde, Pic à tête blonde [flavescens ou intercedens], Pic ocré, Pic ocré (à huppe blonde)
French (Guyane): Pic à tête blonde
Guarani: Ypekû sa'yju
Croatian: krunata žuna
Italian: Picchio crestabionda
Japanese (romaji): kigashiratennyogera, kigashiratennyogera (flavescens/intercedens)
Japanese: キガシラテンニョゲラ, キガシラテンニョゲラ (flavescens/intercedens)
Scientific: Celeus flavescens, Celeus flavescens [flavescens or intercedens], Celeus flavescens flavescens, Celeus flavescens flavescens/intercedens, Picus flavescens
Lithuanian: Šviesusis kuoduotasis genys
Dutch: Blondkuifspecht, Blondkuifspecht (flavescens/intercedens)
Norwegian Nynorsk: Blondinespett
Norwegian: Blondinespett, blondinespett (flavescens/intercedens)
Polish: dzięcioł żółtawy
Portuguese: Pica-pau-de-cabeça-amarela
Portuguese (Brazil): pica-pau-de-cabeca-amarela, pica-pau-de-cabeça-amarela, pica-pau-de-cabeça-amarela (flavescens/intercedens)
Portuguese (Portugal): Pica-pau-de-cabeça-amarela
Russian: Белокурый дятел-гренадер, Палевохохлый целеус
Slovak: vlikáč žltochochlatý
Serbian: Detlić sa žutom ćubom
Swedish: Blond kastanjespett
Turkish: Sarışın ağaçkakan
Ukrainian: Ятла жовтоголова
Chinese: 淡黄冠啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 淡黃栗啄木
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