Golden-collared Woodpecker (Veniliornis cassini)

[order] Piciformes | [family] Picidae | [latin] Veniliornis cassini | [IT] Picchio di Cassin | [UK] Golden-collared Woodpecker | [FR] Pic de Cassin | [DE] Goldnackenspecht | [ES] Carpintero Cebra | [NL] Goudkraagspecht | [SU]Temreman

Physical charateristics

Male has a crimson crown with a nuchal yellow band, wings and back light olive. Tail black with olive bars, underparts black and white barred. The female has no red in her crown.

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Range

Found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Habitat

Lowland rainforest, clearings, shrubbery and open terrain with trees.

Reproduction

No data

Feeding habits

Solitary foraging in treetops for insects.

Conservation

This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,200,000 km2. The global population size has not been quantified, but it is believed to be large as the species is described as ‘common’ in at least parts of its range (Stotz et al. 1996). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Migration

Sedentary throughout range.

Distribution map

Literature

Title Relationship of Veniliornis Cassini Chocoensis and V. Cassini Caquetanus with V. Affinis

Author(s): DAVID L. PEARS & al

Abstract: In reviewing species of the genus Veniliornis for ..[more]..

Source: The Auk: Vol. 91, No. 3