West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris)
About the West Indian Woodpecker
The West Indian woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands and Cuba. The West Indian woodpecker was originally described as Picus superciliaris and has also been assigned to genus Centurus. Major taxonomic systems assign these five subspecies to the West Indian woodpecker: M. s. nyeanus (Ridgway, 1886) M. s. blakei (Ridgway, 1886) M. s. superciliaris (Temminck, 1827) M. s. murceus (Bangs, 1910) M. s. caymanensis (Cory, 1886)
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 22 recordings for this species: 19 CC BY-NC-SA · 3 CC BY-NC-ND. 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 Cuba in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.