Green-barred woodpecker

Colaptes melanochloros

The Green-barred woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros) is a bird found in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. Open woods and farms in southern South America. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fruit and nectar. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Colaptes melanochloros
Region	South America
Found in	Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay

🏡 Where the Green-barred woodpecker lives

Open woods and farms in southern South America.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs80%
🍎 Fruit10%
🌸 Nectar10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 It's a woodpecker that often hunts for ants on the ground.

Hear the Green-barred woodpecker

Recorded by Guillermo Treboux (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC897471. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Green-barred woodpecker

Where does the Green-barred woodpecker live?

The Green-barred woodpecker lives in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. Open woods and farms in southern South America.

What does the Green-barred woodpecker eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 80%), fruit (about 10%), nectar (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Green-barred woodpecker endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.