Mombasa Woodpecker
Campethera mombassica(Fischer, GA; Reichenow, A, 1884)
English (US) Mombasa Woodpecker
The Mombasa Woodpecker (Campethera mombassica) 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: southern Somalia to coastal Kenya and northeastern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Campethera mombassica
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mombasa Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Fischer, GA; Reichenow, A, 1884)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus (Campothera) mombassicus
- Described by
- (Fischer, GA; Reichenow, A, 1884)
- Type locality
- Mombasa.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 32, no.166 p.262
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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