Robust Woodpecker (Campephilus robustus)

Sítio Espinheiro Negro - Juquitiba, SP, Brazil.

 

This woodpecker is found in eastern Brazil from Bahia and Goiás south to Rio Grande do Sul, in eastern Paraguay, and in northeastern Argentina's Misiones and Corrientes provinces.

 

It's considered the largest species of woodpecker found in Brazil - 32 to 37 cm long, 230 to 294 g in weight.

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Piciformes

Suborder: Pici

Family: Picidae

Subfamily: Picinae

Genus: Campephilus G.R. Gray, 1840

Species: C. robustus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1818)

Binomial name: Campephilus robustus

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