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Cinnamon Woodpecker

Celeus loricatus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestMedium · 77 g
Cinnamon Woodpecker (Celeus loricatus), photo 1
Photo: Aitor · CC BY 4.0
Cinnamon Woodpecker (Celeus loricatus), photo 2
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Cinnamon Woodpecker (Celeus loricatus), photo 3
Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0
Cinnamon Woodpecker (Celeus loricatus), photo 4
Photo: Guy Babineau · CC BY 4.0
Cinnamon Woodpecker (Celeus loricatus), photo 5
Photo: er-birds · CC BY 4.0
Cinnamon Woodpecker (Celeus loricatus), photo 6
Photo: er-birds · CC BY 4.0
Cinnamon Woodpecker (Celeus loricatus), photo 7
Photo: Roger A. Morales-Flores · CC BY 4.0
Cinnamon Woodpecker (Celeus loricatus), photo 8
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Cinnamon Woodpecker (Celeus loricatus), photo 9
Photo: Aitor · CC BY 4.0
Cinnamon Woodpecker (Celeus loricatus), photo 10
Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0

What the Cinnamon Woodpecker sounds like

Sonogram of the Cinnamon Woodpecker: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by radrat · Call · Corregimiento de Cristóbal (near Gamboa), Colón, Colón Province, Panama · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Cinnamon Woodpecker: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Pichincha: Río Guaycuyacu, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Cinnamon Woodpecker: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Esmeraldas: Canandé, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The cinnamon woodpecker is about 19 to 23 cm (7.5 to 9.1 in) long and weighs 74 to 83 g (2.6 to 2.9 oz). Males and females have the same plumage except on their faces. Both sexes' heads are rufous with a bushy crest and black streaks on the crown. Males have a red chin, throat, and malar with black streaks, and females are the same rufous there as on the rest of their head. Both sexes of adults of the nominate subspecies C. l. loricatus have dark rufous upperparts with narrow black bars. Their flight feathers are blackish with wide rufous bars.

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When to see the Cinnamon Woodpecker

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Cinnamon Woodpecker

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Panama Costa Rica Colombia Ecuador Nicaragua

About the Cinnamon Woodpecker

The cinnamon woodpecker is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Blond-crested Woodpecker (Celeus flavescens) Blond-crested WoodpeckerCeleus flavescensThe blond-crested woodpecker is about 27 to 30 cm (11 to 12 in) long. Chestnut-colored Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus) Chestnut-colored WoodpeckerCeleus castaneusThe chestnut-colored woodpecker is 21.5 to 25 cm (8.5 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 80 to 105 g (2.8 to 3.7 oz). Cream-colored Woodpecker (Celeus flavus) Cream-colored WoodpeckerCeleus flavusThe cream-colored woodpecker is about 24 to 27 cm (9.4 to 11 in) long.

Side by side: Blond-crested Woodpecker vs Cinnamon Woodpecker · Chestnut-colored Woodpecker vs Cinnamon Woodpecker · Cinnamon Woodpecker vs Cream-colored Woodpecker

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