Lineated Woodpecker, Dryocopus lineatus

Lineated Woodpecker, Dryocopus lineatus scapularis. Photograph taken in the greater Alamos area, Alamos, Sonora, March 2018. Photograph and identification courtesy of David F Smith, Alamos, Sonora.

Lineated Woodpecker, Dryocopus lineatus scapularis. Photographs taken in the greater Zihuantanejo area, Guerrero, April 2019. Photographs and identifications courtesy of Ron Woheau, Zihuatanejo.

Lineated Woodpecker, Dryocopus lineatus similis. Photograph taken in the greater Yal-Ku area, Quintana Roo, April 2017, Photograph courtesy of Juan Rojo, Akumal.

Family:  Picidae.  Endemic.

Five subspecies of Dryocopus lineatus are currently recognized with two subspecies being found in Mexico. The scapularis subspecies is found in coastal regions in western Mexico south of Sonora and the similis subspecies is found along the eastern coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

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