Melanerpes pucherani

• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Vegetation: tropical lowland evergreen forest, tropical lowland evergreen forest, second-growth forests and woodlands • Maximum Elevation: 800 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Medium

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,028 meters (0 to 9,934 feet).[1]

Ecology:
List of Habitats :1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 14.6Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 27-Dec-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Melanerpes

There are approximately 83 species in this genus:

M. angustifrons · M. aurifrons (Golden-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. aurifrons aurifrons (Golden-Fronted Woodpecker) · 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 (Red-Bellied Woodpecker) · M. carolinus carolinus (Red-Bellied Woodpecker) · M. carolinus zebra · M. caymanensis · M. chrysauchen (Golden-Naped Woodpecker) · M. chrysauchen chrysauchen (Golden-Naped Woodpecker) · M. chrysauchen pulcher · M. chrysogenys (Golden-Cheeked Woodpecker) · M. chrysogenys chrysogenys (Golden-Cheeked Woodpecker) · M. chrysogenys flavinuchus · M. cruentatus (Tellow-Tufted Woodpecker) · M. cruentatus cruentatus (Yellow-Tufted Woodpecker) · 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. flavigula · M. formicivorus (Narrow-Fronted 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 (Narrow-Fronted Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus lineatus (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus martirensis (Acorn Woodpecker) · M. formicivorus striatipectus · M. herminieri (Guadeloupe Woodpecker) · M. hoffmanni (Hoffmann's Woodpecker) · M. hoffmannii (Hoffmann's Woodpecker) · M. hypopolius (Grey-Breasted Woodpecker) · M. lewis (Lewis's Woodpecker) · M. lewisi · M. portoricensis (Puerto Rican Woodpecker) · M. pucherani (Black-Cheeked Woodpecker) · M. pucherani perileucus · M. pulcher · M. pygmaeus (Red-Vented Woodpecker) · M. pygmaeus pygmaeus (Red-Vented Woodpecker) · M. pygmaeus rubricomus · M. pygmaeus tysoni · M. radiolatus (Jamaican Woodpecker) · M. rubricapillus (Red-Crowned Woodpecker) · M. rubricapillus paraguanae · M. rubricapillus rubricapillus (Red-Crowned Woodpecker) · M. rubricapillus seductus · M. rubricapillus subfusculus · M. rubrifrons · M. santacruzi · M. striatus (Hispaniolan Woodpecker) · M. subelegans · M. superciliaris (West Indian Red-Bellied Woodpecker) · M. superciliaris blakei · M. superciliaris caymanensis · M. superciliaris murceus · M. superciliaris nyeanus · M. superciliaris superciliaris (West Indian Red-Bellied Woodpecker) · M. uroptgialis · M. uropygialis (Brewster's Woodpecker) · M. uropygialis brewsteri (Gila Woodpecker) · M. uropygialis cardonensis · M. uropygialis fuscescens · M. uropygialis uropygialis (Brewster's Woodpecker) · M. wagleri

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Further Reading

• A manual of North American birds. By Robert Ridgway. Illustrated by 464 outline drawings of the generic characters. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1887. ENG url p. 291.
• Arkiv för zoologi / utgivet af K. Svenska vetenskaps-akademien. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & soner, 1903-1974. SWE url p. 11, p. 67.
• 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.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 121, p. 122, p. 863.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 146.
• Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. ENG url p. 164.
• Compte rendu / Association franaise pour l'avancement des sciences. Paris, Secretariat de lAssociation. FRE url p. 142.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. [Washington, Biological Society of Washington] ENG url p. 154.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. ENG url p. 655.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2004. Melanerpes pucherani. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• 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 03, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
• 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.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 03, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3854086
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-553982
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14086133
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 553982
• IUCN ID: 47290
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 67136

Footnotes

1. Mean = 822.990 meters (2,700.098 feet), Standard Deviation = 700.980 based on 343 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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