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Red-crowned Woodpecker

Melanerpes rubricapillus
(Cabanis, JL, 1862)
Carpintero Coronirrojo
Family: Picidae
Order: Piciformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Centurus rubricapillus.

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Foto
Photography ID: 651093
♂ ♀  Adult
Humedal Platanares (yumbo)
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/13/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 651092
♂ ♀  Adult
Humedal Platanares (yumbo)
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/13/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 651091
♂ ♀  Adult
Humedal Platanares (yumbo)
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/13/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 650925
♂  Adult
Ecohotel El Diamante
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/15/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 650924
♂  Adult
Ecohotel El Diamante
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/15/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 650923
♂  Adult
Ecohotel El Diamante
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/15/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 181746
♂  Adult
Palomino
La Guajira
Colombia
11/30/2016
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 181648
♀  Adult
Cartagena de Indias
Bolívar
Colombia
11/26/2016
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 105469
♂  Adult
Laguna El Tabacal
Cundinamarca
Colombia
07/06/2013
Pablo Eguia



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
235417820/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaLocalidad Hotel Tinamú Birding Nature Reserve1Pablo Eguia
235376715/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaEcohotel El Diamante1Pablo Eguia
235372515/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaReserva Natural Laguna de Sonso2Pablo Eguia
235365015/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaLa Huerta Hotel, Yotoco2Pablo Eguia
235352013/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaHumedal Platanares (yumbo)2Pablo Eguia
51073901/12/2016ColombiaMagdalenaMincaPablo Eguia
51067230/11/2016ColombiaLa GuajiraPalominoPablo Eguia
51059628/11/2016ColombiaBolívarCartagena de IndiasPablo Eguia
51838426/11/2016ColombiaBolívarCartagena de IndiasPablo Eguia
51053026/11/2016ColombiaBolívarManzanilloPablo Eguia
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.