Yucatan Woodpecker

Melanerpes pygmaeus (Ridgway, 1885)

Picidae — Woodpeckers

Yucatan Woodpecker, Melanerpes pygmaeus, is a woodpecker of Middle America, breeding on the Yucatán Peninsula. It is also known as the red-vented woodpecker. Its range covers Belize and Mexico across the whole peninsula, and it also occurs on adjoining offshore islands, Cozumel Island, northeastern Guatemala and Guanaja Island off Honduras. It is associated with clearings, the margins of dry woodland and coastal scrub, and it also uses damper woodland and degraded habitats. Adults show light grey underparts and face, black and white barring on the back, wings and tail, and yellow feathers around the bill.

Order
Piciformes
Family
Picidae — Woodpeckers
Breeding range
Middle America: Yucatán Pen.
Yucatan Woodpecker
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Tours where you can spot this bird

9 tours in Mexico

Private Half-Day Northern Yucatan Endemics Birding Tour
Private Half-Day Northern Yucatan Endemics Birding Tour
Mexico / Merida Private tour 6h

A private morning combining dry forest and ranch country with the northern coast in search of Yucatan Peninsula specialties and endemics....

From USD 150
Private Morning Cozumel Island Endemic Birding Tour
Private Morning Cozumel Island Endemic Birding Tour
Mexico / Cozumel Private tour

A flexible private morning on Cozumel focused on island endemics, resident forest birds and seasonal migrants, with local transport included...

From USD 180
Private 3-Hour Birding Tour near Merida
Private 3-Hour Birding Tour near Merida
Mexico / Merida Private tour 3h

A compact private early-morning tour choosing either dry forest and ranches near Merida or Progreso mangroves and mudflats....

From USD 125
Private 4-5 Hour Akumal and Uxuxubi Birding Tour
Private 4-5 Hour Akumal and Uxuxubi Birding Tour
Mexico / Akumal Private tour 5h

A private morning in the 13,000-hectare Uxuxubi Al Natural reserve near Akumal, exploring mature forest, ponds and a cenote with a local gui...

From USD 165
Classic 9-Day Yucatan Birding Route
Classic 9-Day Yucatan Birding Route
Mexico / Cancun Group tour 9 days

A relaxed 9-day Yucatan Peninsula birding route through Cancun, Cozumel, Rio Lagartos, Valladolid, Coba, Muyil and Felipe Carrillo Puerto....

Calakmul Birding Expedition
Calakmul Birding Expedition
Mexico / Calakmul Private tour 1 day

A full birding day in Calakmul combining the forest road, archaeological site and optional bat volcano evening spectacle....

Chichen Itza and Chankom Birding Morning
Chichen Itza and Chankom Birding Morning
Mexico / Chichen Itza Private tour 1 day

A sunrise birding morning around Chankom and Chichen Itza for Yucatan endemics, forest birds and optional Maya ruins....

Uxmal and Puuc Route Birding Day
Uxmal and Puuc Route Birding Day
Mexico / Uxmal Private tour 1 day

A birding day around Uxmal and the Puuc Route for Yucatan endemics, low forest birds and optional archaeology....

Private Birding Day from Merida
Private Birding Day from Merida
Mexico / Merida Private tour 1 day

A flexible birding day from Merida combining Yucatan lowland forest, coastal wetlands and optional afternoon city birding....