Order: Piciformes | Family: Picidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Males | Loc. Western Brazil (L), SE Peru (R)
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Loreto, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Eastern Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Eastern Ecuador
Status: The Scale-breasted Woodpecker is uncommon in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1200 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Carpintero de Pecho Escamoso.
Sub-species: Scale-breasted Woodpecker (Celeus grammicus verreauxii), Malherbe 1858. E Ecuador and adjacent NE Peru.
(C. g. grammicus), Natterer and Malherbe 1845. NE Peru and W Brazil.
(C. g. latifasciatus), Seilern 1936. SE Peru and SW Brazil S to N Bolivia (Beni).
Meaning of Name: Celeus: Gr. keleus= green woodpecker. grammicus: Gr. Grammikos= recorded, inscribed.

References:
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 01/01/2015.