Cuban green woodpecker

Cuban green woodpecker
male
female, both X. p. percussus Cuba
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Subfamily:	Picinae
Tribe:	Dendropicini
Genus:	Xiphidiopicus Bonaparte, 1854
Species:	X. percussus
Binomial name
Xiphidiopicus percussus (Temminck, 1826)

The Cuban green woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Xiphidiopicus. It is endemic to Cuba.

A distinctive, relatively small woodpecker of the general size and shape of a sapsucker, occasionally appearing crested, with bright olive-green upperparts and yellow underparts. Nape and upper breast are bright red with some black bases to feathers usually visible, with black chin and throat; red crown in males, black crown striped white in females. White face and supercilium, punctuated by black border to cheek. Yellow breast is streaked with black or greenish-black, yellow on flanks barred with black. Crissum is yellow with black barring. Females are significantly smaller than the male, generally shorter-billed. Juveniles are generally duller in plumage, showing more barring and streaking below. It measures 20–25 cm (7.9–9.8 in) in length and weighs 48–97 g (1.7–3.4 oz).

Its natural habitats are dry forests, lowland moist forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

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  juvenile X. p. percussus
  Cuba

External links

• BirdLife species factsheet for Xiphidiopicus percussus
• Xiphidiopicus percussus on Avibase
• Cuban green woodpecker videos, photos, and sounds at the Internet Bird Collection
• Cuban green woodpecker photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
• Cuban green woodpecker species account at NeotropicalBirds (Cornell University)

• Interactive range map of Xiphidiopicus percussus at IUCN Red List maps
• Audio recordings of Cuban green woodpecker on Xeno-canto.