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Imperial Woodpecker

Campephilus imperialis(Gould, J, 1832)

English (US) Imperial Woodpecker

Possibly extinct

The Imperial Woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Picidae (Woodpeckers) in the order Piciformes.

Range: Sierra Madre Occidental of western Mexico; probably extinctRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Campephilus imperialis
IUCN Red List
Critically Endangered
English (US)
Imperial Woodpecker
Described by
(Gould, J, 1832)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Picus imperialis
Described by
(Gould, J, 1832)
Type locality
'California' = Jalisco, Mexico.
Original description
Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 2, no.21 p.140

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 237 species of the family Picidae