Order: Piciformes | Family: Picidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult \ Sex: Female | Loc. San Martin, Peru
Age: Adult \ Sex: Female | Loc. San Martin, Peru
Age: Adult \ Sex: Male | Loc. San Martin, Peru
Age: Adult \ Sex: Male | Loc. San Martin, Peru
Status: The White-throated Woodpecker is generally uncommon in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 850 m along the foothill of the Andes. It forages alone or in pairs, and often joins mixed-species foraging flocks in the canopy and subcanopy. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Carpintero de Garganta Blanca.
Sub-species: White-throated Woodpecker (Piculus leucolaemus), Natterer and Malherbe 1845.
Meaning of Name: Piculus: L. piculus= diminutive of Picus or a woodpecker. leucolaemus: Gr. leukos= white and Laimos= throat.

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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.