Cream-Coloured Woodpecker
Celeus flavus(Müller, PLS, 1776)
English (US) Cream-colored Woodpecker
UK name: Cream-Coloured Woodpecker
The Cream-Coloured Woodpecker (Celeus flavus) 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 flavus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cream-colored Woodpecker
- English (UK)
- Cream-Coloured Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Celeus flavus flavus
- Celeus flavus subflavus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus flavus
- 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.91
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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