Helmeted Woodpecker
Celeus galeatus(Temminck, CJ, 1822)
English (US) Helmeted Woodpecker
The Helmeted Woodpecker (Celeus galeatus) 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: humid forest of southeastern Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Celeus galeatus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Helmeted Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1822)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus galeatus
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1822)
- Type locality
- Brazil.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.29, vol.4 pl.171
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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