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Scarlet-backed Woodpecker

Veniliornis callonotus
(Waterhouse, GR, 1841)
Carpintero Dorsiescarlata
Family: Picidae
Order: Piciformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Dryobates callonotus, Picus callonotus.

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Number of Photography: 7

Foto
Photography ID: 640086
♀  Adult
Area de Conservacion Privada Chaparrí
Lambayeque
Peru
05/12/2025
Pablo Serur
Foto
Photography ID: 498407
♂  Adult
Chaparri
Lambayeque
Peru
11/07/2013
Juan Chalco
Foto
Photography ID: 124046
♂  Adult
Guayaquil
Guayas
Ecuador
10/30/2015
Julián Alfredo Pérez Correa
Foto
Photography ID: 107761
  Adult
Túcume
Lambayeque
Peru
07/19/2015
Rutger Koperdraad


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Number of Records: 18



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
231326612/05/2025PeruLambayequeArea de Conservacion Privada ChaparríFederico J. Villegas
230726212/05/2025PeruLambayequeArea de Conservacion Privada ChaparríPablo Serur
109943424/07/2019PeruPiuraEstuario de Virilla1Julian Quillen Vidoz
63096408/10/2017PeruCajamarcaAcp Gotas de AguaRutger Koperdraad
61751630/07/2016PeruLambayequeSantuario Hostórico Bosque de PómacMarcelo Gavensky
61742528/07/2016PeruLambayequeArea de Conservacion Privada ChaparríMarcelo Gavensky
35850930/10/2015EcuadorGuayasReserva Forestal Anr Los Samanes, GuayaquilJulián Alfredo Pérez Correa
35394324/10/2015EcuadorGuayasMalecón del Salado, GuayaquilJulián Alfredo Pérez Correa
31050619/07/2015PeruLambayequeTúcumeRutger Koperdraad
26594328/03/2015EcuadorGuayasReserva Ecológica Manglares ChuruteJulián Alfredo Pérez Correa
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Scarlet-backed Woodpecker (Veniliornis callonotus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/03/2026.