Green-backed Woodpecker
Campethera maculosa(Valenciennes, A, 1826)
English (US) Green-backed Woodpecker
The Green-backed Woodpecker (Campethera maculosa) 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.
- Scientific name
- Campethera maculosa
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Green-backed Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Valenciennes, A, 1826)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Campethera maculosa permista
- Campethera maculosa nyansae
- Campethera maculosa cailliautii
- Campethera maculosa loveridgei
- Campethera maculosa maculosa
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus maculosus
- Described by
- (Valenciennes, A, 1826)
- Type locality
- Senegal.
- Original description
- Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes ...Par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi, et des principales écoles de Paris 40 p.173
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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