Latitudinal range: -22.9° to -6.8°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), mangrove (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

Found in 4 samples

Brazil: Uberabinha River, Pontal do Paranapanema, Estuário do rio Mamanguape, Vermelho River (interior)

See also Colaptes, Colaptes atricollis, Colaptes auratus, Colaptes cafer, Colaptes campestris, Colaptes pitius, Colaptes punctigula, Colaptes rivolii, Colaptes rubiginosus, Colaptes rupicola