Lineated woodpecker

Not to be confused with lineated woodcreeper.

Lineated woodpecker

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)(See Taxonomy and Status sections)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Dryocopus
Species:
D. lineatus
Binomial name
Dryocopus lineatus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Subspecies

5 subspecies, see text

Synonyms
  • Picus lineatus Linnaeus, 1766
  • Hylatomus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

The lineated woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus) is a very large woodpecker which is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico to northern Argentina and Trinidad in the Caribbean.

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