Rufous-headed woodpecker

Rufous-headed woodpecker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Celeus
Species: C. spectabilis
Binomial name
Celeus spectabilis
Sclater & Salvin, 1880

The rufous-headed woodpecker (Celeus spectabilis) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It formerly included Kaempfer's woodpecker as a subspecies.

It is found in the western Amazon in northern Bolivia, far south-western Brazil (Acre only), eastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru. Its natural habitats are tropical humid forests and woodland. It is often associated with bamboo.

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