Strickland's Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus stricklandi)

Strickland's Woodpecker Leuconotopicus stricklandi

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Leuconotopicus stricklandi (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Picoides. Picoides stricklandi (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was previously split into P. stricklandi and P. arizonae following AOU (2000).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2020	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	28,400 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	20000-49999 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2019
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.2 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number fewer than 50,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019), thus it is here placed in the band 20,000-49,999 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The species is undergoing a moderate decline (Partners in Flight 2019).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Mexico	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Mexico	La Malinche
Mexico	Sierra de Taxco - Nevado de Toluca
Mexico	Tancítaro

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	1200 - 4100 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 4200 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Strickland's Woodpecker Leuconotopicus stricklandi. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/stricklands-woodpecker-leuconotopicus-stricklandi on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.