Atlantic black-breasted woodpecker

Atlantic black-breasted woodpecker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Celeus
Species: C. tinnunculus
Binomial name
Celeus tinnunculus
(Hargitt, 1889)

The Atlantic black-breasted woodpecker (Celeus tinnunculus) is a bird in the Picidae family formerly considered conspecific with the ringed woodpecker (Celeus torquatus). This species is found on Brazil's Atlantic coast between Salvador and Vitória, Espírito Santo. It occurs in tall, humid forest in Brazil's Atlantic Forest region and is typically encountered singly or in pairs.[1]

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