Puerto Rican Woodpecker
Name in Spanish: Carpintero de Puerto Rico
Scientific name: Melanerpes portoricensis
Taxonomic Family: Picidae
Scientific name: Melanerpes portoricensis
Taxonomic Family: Picidae
Description
Conservation status
Least Concern
Status in Puerto Rico
Endemic
Abundance
Common
Photos by the members of AvesPR
© Luis Villanueva (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0)
Carpintero en el Bosque Seco de Guánica
© Javier Otero (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0)
Carpintero de Puerto Rico visto en Orocovis.
© Javier Hernandez Ramos
Carpintero Joven
© Javier Hernandez Ramos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
CArpintero Joven barrenado Flamboyan
© Javier Hernandez Ramos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
CARPINTERO JUVENIL EN HATILLO
© Christine Soto (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
Carpintero de Puerto Rico (Isabela 2/22/2014)
© Alfredo Colón Archilla
© Carmen Maldonado Soto (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
Media Luna, Vieques
© Christine Soto (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
Carpintero de Puerto Rico
© Raul Quiñones
Carpintero de Puerto Rico - Aguadilla, PR
10 photos out of 28 in the system (selected at random)
Habitat
All types of forests from the mountains to the coasts.
Food
Insectos que viven dentro de la madera, semillas y frutas.
External resources for this species:
Audio recordings from xeno-canto
Audio recordings from Macaulay Library
Videos from Macaulay Library
Pictures from Encyclopedia of Life:
Credit of the picture: Blake Matheson 
