Species factsheet

Velasquez's Woodpecker (Melanerpes santacruzi)

Order: Melanerpes santacruzi
Family: Woodpeckers (Picidae)

Danish name:

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Subspecies and Distribution

polygrammus

Oaxaca to Chiapas (sw Mexico)

grateloupensis

Tamaulipas to Puebla and Veracruz (e Mexico)

dubius

Yucatán Pen. (se Mexico) to Belize and ne Guatemala

leei

Cozumel I. (off e Mexico)

santacruzi

s Chiapas (s Mexico) to n Nicaragua

hughlandi

c Guatemala

pauper

n Honduras

turneffensis

Turneffe Is. (off of Belize)

insulanus

Utila I. (off of Honduras)

canescens

Roatán I. and Barburat I. (off of Honduras)

Photos

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