Pale-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus guatemalensis

Pale-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus guatemalensis nelsoni, Females. Photographs taken in the greater Zihuantanejo area, Guerrero, March 2018. Photographs and identifications courtesy of Ron Woheau, Zihuantanejo.

Pale-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus guatemalensis nelsoni, Males. Photographs taken in the greater Zihuantanejo area, Guerrero, March 2018. Photographs and identifications courtesy of Ron Woheau, Zihuantanejo.

The Pale-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus guatemalensis, is a member of the Picidae Family of Woodpeckers. Three subspecies of Campephilus guatemalensis are currently recognized with all three subspecies being found in Mexico. The guatemalensis subspecies in found in Veracruz, Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula, the nelsoni subspecies is found in coastal regions in western Mexico from Sonora south to Oaxaca and the regius subspecies is found in eastern Mexico from Tamaulipas south to Veracruz. They are mid-sized in stature. In Mexico they are found in the coastal regions within the Atlantic Slope from the State of Tamaulipas to Belize, and within the Pacific Slope from Sinaloa to Chiapas at elevations below 2,000 m (6,600 feet). From a conservation perspective the Pale-billed Woodpecker is currently considered to be of Least Concern with stable, widely distributed populations. They are found in forested areas including tropical evergreen, deciduous forests and mangroves. They consume beetle larvae and termites.

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