Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Puerto Rican Woodpecker
Common Names in French:
Pic De Porto Rico
Common Names in German:
Scharlachbrustspecht
Description
Habitat
Vegetation: tropical lowland evergreen forest, tropical deciduous forests, tropical lowland evergreen forest, second-growth forests and woodlands • Maximum Elevation: 1,000 meters • Zoogeographic Region: Puerto Rico • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Low
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 61 meters (0 to 200 feet).Mean = 12.310 meters (40.387 feet), Standard Deviation = 332.310 based on 287 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
14.6Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Order:
Piciformes
()
- Meyer & Wolf, 1810
- Woodpeckers
- Infraorder:
Picides
()
-
- Family:
Picidae
()
- Genus:
Melanerpes
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
portoricensis
- (Daudin, 1803)
- Scientific name: - Melanerpes portoricensis (Daudin, 1803)
- Specific name:
portoricensis
- (Daudin, 1803)
- Genus:
Melanerpes
(
- Family:
Picidae
(
- Infraorder:
Picides
(
- Order:
Piciformes
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Melanerpes portoricensis (Daudin, 1803)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 27-Dec-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Melanerpes
There are approximately 74 species in this genus:
M. aurifrons (Animals) · M. aurifrons aurifrons · M. aurifrons canescens · M. aurifrons dubius · M. aurifrons grateloupensis · M. aurifrons hughlandi · M. aurifrons insulanus (Golden-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. aurifrons leei · M. aurifrons pauper · M. aurifrons polygrammus · M. aurifrons santacruzi · M. aurifrons turneffensis · M. aurifrons x · M. cactorum (White-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. candidus (White Woodpecker) · M. carolinensis · M. carolinus (Animals) · M. carolinus carolinus · M. carolinus zebra · M. caymanensis · M. chrysauchen (Golden-Naped Woodpecker) · M. chrysauchen chrysauchen · M. chrysauchen pulcher · M. chrysogenys (Golden-Cheeked Woodpecker) · M. chrysogenys chrysogenys · M. chrysogenys flavinuchus · M. cruentatus (Tellow-Tufted Woodpecker) · M. cruentatus cruentatus · M. cruentatus rubrifrons · M. erythrocephalus (Red-Headed Woodpecker) · M. erythrocephalus caurinus (Red-Headed Woodpecker) · M. erythrocephalus erythrocephalus (Red-Headed Woodpecker) · M. flavifrons (Yellow-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus aculeatus · M. formicivorus albeolus · M. formicivorus angustifrons (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus augustifrons · M. formicivorus bairdi (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus flavigula · M. formicivorus formicivorus (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus lineatus (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus martirensis (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus striatipectus · M. herminieri (Guadeloupe Woodpecker) · M. hoffmanni · M. hoffmannii (Hoffmann's Woodpecker) · M. hypopolius (Grey-Breasted Woodpecker) · M. lewis (Animals) · M. lewisi · M. portoricensis (Puerto Rican Woodpecker) · M. pucherani (Black-Cheeked Woodpecker) · M. pucherani perileucus · M. pulcher · M. pygmaeus (Yucatan Woodpecker) · M. pygmaeus pygmaeus · M. pygmaeus rubricomus · M. radiolatus (Jamaican Woodpecker) · M. rubricapillus (Red-Crowned Woodpecker) · M. rubricapillus paraguanae · M. rubricapillus rubricapillus · M. rubrifrons · M. santacruzi · M. striatus (Hispaniolan Woodpecker) · M. superciliaris (West Indian Woodpecker) · M. superciliaris caymanensis · M. superciliaris murceus · M. superciliaris superciliaris · M. uroptgialis · M. uropygialis (Animals) · M. uropygialis brewsteri (Gila Woodpecker) · M. uropygialis fuscescens · M. uropygialis uropygialis (Gila Woodpecker) · M. wagleri
Bibliography
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
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Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. Melanerpes portoricensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
- Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, "Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds," in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:
- Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
- Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3854083
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-178197
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 239651
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 178197
- IUCN ID: 47287
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 128697
