Chestnut Woodpecker

Celeus elegans (Müller, PLS, 1776)

Chestnut Woodpecker, Celeus elegans, is a woodpecker of northern South America and Amazonia, with a breeding range that includes Trinidad and parts of the mainland. It is also recorded from eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru, and from a broad sweep of countries across the north and centre of the continent. The species is linked to forests of several kinds, including dense and lighter woodland, forest edges, secondary growth, and plantations. It is a resident bird throughout its range. A notable feature is the red facial area shown by males, while females lack red.

Order

Piciformes

Family

Picidae — Woodpeckers

Breeding range

South America: n, Amazonia