Splendid Woodpecker
Campephilus splendensHargitt, E, 1889
English (US) Splendid Woodpecker
The Splendid Woodpecker (Campephilus splendens) 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: humid forest of Panama to western EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Campephilus splendens
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Splendid Woodpecker
- Described by
- Hargitt, E, 1889
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Campophilus splendens
- Described by
- Hargitt, E, 1889
- Type locality
- Amazons, the type is a Bogota trade skin ; Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 36, 1917, p. 355, designates Puerto Valdivia, Antioquia, Colombia.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.6, vol.1, no.1 p.58
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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