Guadeloupe Woodpecker

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Guadeloupe Woodpecker is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

The Guadeloupe Woodpecker (Melanerpes herminieri) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is endemic to Guadeloupe. More

The Guadeloupe woodpecker is considered a Near Threatened species; clearcutting, conversion of forest habitats to other uses, and removal of dead trees are major threats; introduced rats may prey on eggs and nestlings. Home of Wiki & Reference Answers, the world’s leading Q&A siteReference AnswersEnglish▼English▼ Deutsch Español Français Italiano Tagalog * * Search unanswered questions... More

* Guadeloupe Woodpecker (Melanerpes herminieri) Adult on a tree Guadeloupe (Monotypic species) Alain Fossé 25 December 2001 50 weeks ago 2. More

The Guadeloupe Woodpecker forages mainly in the canopy. Most of the time it is difficult to assess the type of prey eaten. Studying the food brought by parents to their nestlings provides the opportunity to observe and characterize the type of prey collected by this species. The purpose of this paper is to describe the first quantitative data on diets of nestling Guadeloupe Woodpeckers. Current address: University of Nevada Reno, Mail stop 200, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA. More

The Guadeloupe Woodpecker (Melanerpes herminieri) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is endemic to Guadeloupe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadeloupe_Woodpecker The text in this page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article shown in above URL. It is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. More