Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
Melanerpes cruentatus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,204
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The yellow-tufted woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus) is a species of woodpecker. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Yellow-tufted woodpecker”.