Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | picot de clatell daurat |
| Czech | datel pestrohlavý |
| Dutch | Goudnekspecht |
| English | Golden-naped Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | Golden-naped Woodpecker |
| Finnish | keltaniskatikka |
| French | Pic masqué |
| French (France) | Pic masqué |
| German | Buntkopfspecht |
| Japanese | キエリミヤビゲラ |
| Norwegian | gullnakkespett |
| Polish | dzięciur żółtokarkowy |
| Russian | Масковый дятел |
| Serbian | Žutoglavi detlić |
| Slovak | tesárik pestrohlavý |
| Spanish | Carpintero Nuquigualdo |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Capintero Nuquidorado |
| Spanish (Panama) | Carpintero Nuquidorado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Carpintero nuquigualdo |
| Swedish | guldnackad hackspett |
| Turkish | Altın Enseli Ağaçkakan |
| Ukrainian | Гіла маскова |
Golden-naped Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysauchen
Ming Alexander and Carole S. Griffiths
Version: 1.0 — Published August 16, 2012
Version: 1.0 — Published August 16, 2012
Distribution
Distribution in the Americas
Golden-naped Woodpecker is resident from southwestern Costa Rica (west to the Gulf of Nicoya) to western Panama (Pacific slope of Chiriqui and Veraguas). In Costa Rica it occurs locally up to 1500 m (Stiles and Skutch 1989), and it is reported up to 1200 m in Panama (Ridgely and Gwynne 1989).
Distribution outside the Americas
Endemic to the Americas.
Habitat
Resident of humid lowland evergreen forest and forest forest; also in second growth and semi-open habitats, as forests are cleared (Wetmore 1968, Skutch 1969, Ridgely and Gwynne 1989, Stiles and Skutch 1989).
Historical changes
None reported.
Fossil history
None reported.
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Golden-naped Woodpecker
