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White Woodpecker
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Toucans, woodpeckers & jacamars

White Woodpecker

Melanerpes candidus (Otto, 1796)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishWhite Woodpecker
DutchWitte Specht
SpanishCarpintero blanco
Chinese白啄木鸟
Scientific nameMelanerpes candidus (Otto, 1796)

About this species

The white woodpecker (Melanerpes candidus) is a South American species of woodpecker (family Picidae) native to the wooded grasslands of Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. It is a bright white bird with black wings and a distinctive small bright yellow eye patch. The IUCN has rated it as a "least-concern species".

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPiciformes
FamilyPicidae
GenusMelanerpes

In Suriname

12Records in Suriname
2010First record
2016Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne8
  • Nickerie2
  • Coronie1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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