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
© Christine Soto (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
Carpintero de Puerto Rico (Isabela 2/22/2014)
© Jose D. Alicea Ortiz
Tomada en Rio Abajo(Cidra)
© Javier Hernandez Ramos
© Javier Hernandez Ramos
Pareja de Carpinteros Jovenes
© Javier Hernandez Ramos
Pareja de Carpinteros con plumaje blanco
© Javier Hernandez Ramos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
CARPINTERO JUVENIL EN HATILLO
© Alfredo Colón Archilla
© Javier Otero (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0)
Carpintero de Puerto Rico visto en Orocovis.
© Christine Soto (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
Carpintero de Puerto Rico
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 
