Velasquez's woodpecker


Velasquez's woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae usually considered conspecific with the golden-fronted woodpecker. The IOC has split the species, but many other taxonomists have not, including the American Ornithological Society.
It is endemic to southern Mexico and parts of Central America.
There are eleven subspecies if the bird is considered distinct:
, Veracruz