Bearded Woodpecker
Chloropicus namaquus(Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793)
English (US) Bearded Woodpecker
The Bearded Woodpecker (Chloropicus namaquus) 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
- Chloropicus namaquus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Bearded Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Chloropicus namaquus schoensis
- Chloropicus namaquus namaquus
- Chloropicus namaquus coalescens
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus Namaquus
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793)
- Type locality
- Interior of South Africa = Damaraland.
- Original description
- Catalogus rerum naturalium rarissimarum (etc.). Sectio prima p.17 no.179
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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