Appearance
This woodpecker measures 17 cm long. Adults are mainly light gray on the face and underparts; they have black and white barred patterns on their back, wings and tail. Adult males have a red cap going from the eye to the nape; females lack a red cap. There is yellow and/or red around the base of the bill. There may be a yellowish tinge to the belly and a red wash to the vent area....hieroglyph snipped...
Naming
The Yucatán woodpecker has 3 subspecies:⤷ ''M. p. pygmaeus'' : Cozumel.
⤷ ''M. p. rubricomus'' : Yucatán Peninsula south to central Belize.
⤷ ''M. p. tysoni'' : Guanaja I. .
Habitat
The Yucatán woodpecker is found in Belize, Honduras, and Mexico, and ranges over the entire Yucatán Peninsula.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
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