Golden-green Woodpecker

<!-- This article was auto-generated by Polbot. -->The Golden-green Woodpecker (Piculus chrysochloros) is a species of bird in the Picidae family, the woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks.It is found in north-central South America, centered on the Amazon Basin in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru and Suriname. A disjunct region of the bird's range occurs in northwestern Colombia and Venezuela. A second disjunct group is found 1500&nbsp;km southeast of the Amazon Basin in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, in an 800&nbsp;km coastal strip.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27 July 2007.

External links

• on the Internet Bird Collection
• (for Suriname) plus a mostly accurate RangeMap
• VIREO <!--I couldn't get another picture to Google up,....for now(Birds of Brazil/Chandra-Texas)-->

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