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Red-crowned Woodpecker

Melanerpes rubricapillus

8,735 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colombia.January 292, February 299, March 286, April 341, May 275, June 208, July 181, August 151, September 166, October 232, November 212, December 266.
Colombia2,909
Panama1,438
Antioquia1,141
Provincia de Panamá494
Costa Rica417
Cundinamarca378
Provincia Puntarenas345
Venezuela212
Colón Province208
Provincia de Coclé205

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderWoodpeckers and Allies · Piciformes
FamilyWoodpeckers · Picidae
GenusMelanerpes Woodpeckers · Melanerpes

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