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Chestnut woodpecker

Celeus elegans (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The chestnut woodpecker (Celeus elegans) is a species in the family Picidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 135 g to 146 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Chestnut woodpecker (Celeus elegans)
Photo: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the chestnut woodpecker

Weight
135 g – 146 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the chestnut woodpecker live?

Not recorded

What is the chestnut woodpecker?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The chestnut woodpecker (Celeus elegans) a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found on Trinidad and in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

From the Wikipedia article “Chestnut woodpecker” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chestnut_woodpecker&oldid=1385058742), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the chestnut woodpecker endangered?

The chestnut woodpecker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the chestnut woodpecker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPiciformes
  5. familyPicidae
  6. genusCeleus
  7. SpeciesCeleus elegans (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Synonyms Celeus elegans immaculatus, Celeus immaculatus, Picus cinnamomeus, Picus elegans

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • picot elegantCatalan
  • datel hnědýCzech
  • cnocell fwstas cochWelsh
  • Lystoppet PragtspætteDanish
  • FahlkopfspechtGerman
  • eleganta pegoEsperanto
  • Celeus elegansSpanish
  • Carpintero eleganteSpanish
  • Carpintero martilloSpanish
  • ruske-tutträhnEstonian
  • دارکوب بلوطیPersian
  • töyhtötikkaFinnish
  • Pic mordoréFrench
  • kestenjasta žunaCroatian
  • Picchio eleganteItalian
  • チャバラテンニョゲラJapanese
  • geltonasis kuoduotasis genysLithuanian
  • VaalkuifspechtDutch
  • sjokoladespettNorwegian
  • dzięcioł kasztanowatyPolish
  • Pica-pau-castanhoPortuguese
  • Pica-pau-chocolatePortuguese
  • pica-pau-chocolate-do-lestePortuguese
  • pica-pau-elegantePortuguese
  • Светлохохлый целеусRussian
  • Шоколадный дятел-гренадерRussian
  • vlikáč hnedýSlovak
  • Kestenjasti detlićSerbian
  • amazonspettSwedish
  • blekkronad kastanjespettSwedish
  • Büyük Kestane Renkli AğaçkakanTurkish
  • ятла світлочубаUkrainian
  • 南美栗啄木Chinese
  • 南美栗啄木鸟Chinese

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Relatives of the chestnut woodpecker

Other species in the same genus Celeus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the chestnut woodpecker?

An adult chestnut woodpecker weighs 135 g – 146 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the chestnut woodpecker endangered?

The chestnut woodpecker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the chestnut woodpecker?

The chestnut woodpecker (Celeus elegans) belongs to the family Picidae in the order Piciformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Chestnut woodpecker (Celeus elegans). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-woodpecker

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BibTeX
@misc{chestnut_woodpecker_2026,
  title = {Chestnut woodpecker (Celeus elegans)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-woodpecker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}