Ochre-backed Woodpecker
Celeus ochraceus(Spix, JB, 1824)
English (US) Ochre-backed Woodpecker
The Ochre-backed Woodpecker (Celeus ochraceus) 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: lower Amazonian Brazil (south of the Amazon River in Pará); northeastern Brazil, from Maranhão southward to northern GoÃas and eastward to Ceará, Pernambuco, and western BahiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Celeus ochraceus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ochre-backed Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1824)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus ochraceus
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1824)
- Type locality
- 'in sylvis Amazonum'.
- Original description
- Avium species novae, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX (etc.) 1 p.59 pl.51 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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