Chestnut Woodpecker (Celeus elegans)
About the Chestnut Woodpecker
The chestnut woodpecker (Celeus elegans) a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found on Trinidad and in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The chestnut woodpecker has these six subspecies: C. e. hellmayri Berlepsch, 1908 C. e. deltanus Phelps, W.H. & Phelps, W.H. Jr., 1950 C. e. leotaudi Hellmayr, 1906 C. e. elegans (Müller, P.L.S. 1776) C. e. citreopygius Sclater, P.L. & Salvin, 1867 C. e. jumanus (Spix, 1824)
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 60 recordings for this species: 5 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Cinnamon WoodpeckerCeleus loricatusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.