Imperial Woodpecker
Campephilus imperialis(Gould, J, 1832)
English (US) Imperial Woodpecker
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
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Imperial Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic 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.
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