Chestnut-Coloured Woodpecker
Celeus castaneus(Wagler, JG, 1829)
English (US) Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
UK name: Chestnut-Coloured Woodpecker
The Chestnut-Coloured Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus) 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: Gulf-Caribbean slope of southern Mexico (southern Veracruz) to western PanamaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Celeus castaneus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
- English (UK)
- Chestnut-Coloured Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Wagler, JG, 1829)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus castaneus
- Described by
- (Wagler, JG, 1829)
- Type locality
- No locality ; Veracruz, Mexico, designated by Cory, antea, p. 453, note d.
- Original description
- Isis von Oken 22 col.515
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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