Chestnut Woodpecker
Celeus elegans(Müller, PLS, 1776)
English (US) Chestnut Woodpecker
The Chestnut Woodpecker (Celeus elegans) 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
- Celeus elegans
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chestnut Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Celeus elegans hellmayri
- Celeus elegans deltanus
- Celeus elegans leotaudi
- Celeus elegans elegans
- Celeus elegans citreopygius
- Celeus elegans jumanus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus elegans
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
- Type locality
- Cayenne.
- Original description
- Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs p.92
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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