Yellow-tufted Woodpecker

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Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Melanerpes
Species: M. cruentatus
Binomial name
Melanerpes cruentatus
(Boddaert, 1783)

The Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

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