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tail dark olive-brown. Their underparts are pale yellow-buff with olive-brown bars. Their longtish beak is dark gray to blackish with a paler base, their iris white to bluish white, and the legs grayish green. Juveniles are generally duller than adults and have less well defined barring on their underparts.
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band, and an olive green stripe below that area. Their chin and upper throat are yellow. The nominate female has no red on its head; its forehead to nape are olive and it has an olive-brown malar area. Nominate adults have olive green upperparts. Their flight feathers are darker olive-brown and their
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has assessed the golden-green woodpecker as being of Least Concern. It has an extremely large range and an estimated population of at least a half million mature individuals, though the latter is believed to be decreasing. No immediate threats have been identified. It is considered from rare to "not
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The golden-green woodpecker's breeding season is not well known but appears to vary geographically. Breeding has been recorded between February and March in Colombia and in September in Argentina. It excavates its nest cavity in a tree or in the nest of arboreal insects. The clutch size, incubation
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Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society.
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Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. Species Lists of Birds for South American Countries and Territories.
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Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2022. Downloaded from
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The golden-green woodpecker is 18 to 27 cm (7.1 to 11 in) long and weighs 55 to 91 g (1.9 to 3.2 oz). Males and females have the same plumage except on their heads. Males of the
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is very large and a darker olive green above than the nominate, and has less red in the malar area, a barred throat, and greenish white instead of yellow buff on their underparts.
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is intermediate in size. Its cheek stripe, throat, and underparts' base color are cinnamon-buff. Males have a green, not red, malar, and females have a greenish yellow crown.
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HBW and BirdLife International (2022) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7. Available at:
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uncommon" in different parts of its range and occurs in several protected areas. "Despite large range, this species is not particularly well known."
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The golden-green woodpecker's song is a "series of 15 almost toneless, hoarse 'schraah' notes, sounding like a hysterically crying baby."
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The golden-green woodpecker mostly forages in the forest's subcanopy and canopy, by itself, in pairs, or as part of a
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Del-Rio, G., Silveira, L.F., Cavarzere, V. and Rêgo, M.A. (2013). A taxonomic review of the Golden-green Woodpecker,
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The golden-green woodpecker inhabits a wide variety of landscapes, most of them wooded to some degree. They include
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family Picidae. It is found in Panama and every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay.
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but does not list their originators. However, a 2013 study found that they are not "diagnosable units".
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is also large, with a pale yellow cheek stripe and throat and a yellow base color on the underparts.
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around the eye and onto the side of the neck, and successively a pale yellow stripe, a short red
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is smaller and brighter yellow than the nominate, and the female has a yellow crown.
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Winkler, H., D. A. Christie, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Golden-green Woodpecker (
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further subdivides the golden-green woodpecker by adding the three subspecies
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The golden-green woodpecker is a year-round resident throughout its range.
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period, time to fledging, and details of parental care are not known.
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The subspecies of the golden-green woodpecker are found thus:
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Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (August 2022).
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are red from forehead to nape, have olive green from the
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The golden-green woodpecker's taxonomy is unsettled. The
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is large and rather dark, with a plain whitish throat.
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Some authors treat the golden-green woodpecker and the
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Darién
Panama
Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Piciformes
Picidae
Piculus
Binomial name
Vieillot

bird
woodpecker
International Ornithological Committee
Clements taxonomy
Sclater, P.L.
Salvin
Malherbe
Todd
Snethlage, E.
Valenciennes
Vieillot
BirdLife International

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