Chestnut-colored Woodpecker

Celeus castaneus (Wagler, 1829)

Chestnut-colored Woodpecker, Celeus castaneus, is a woodpecker of Middle America, breeding from south-eastern Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica to western Panama. It belongs to the family Picidae and was described by Wagler in 1829. It is a resident bird across its range. Its most notable feature is its chestnut-toned plumage, with adults showing black markings on the underparts and barred upperparts. The species lives in humid evergreen and semi-deciduous forest, including edges, and is also recorded in mangroves and coastal scrub in some places.

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae — Woodpeckers

Breeding range

Middle America: se Mexico to w Panama