Checker-throated Woodpecker
Chrysophlegma mentale(Temminck, CJ, 1826)
English (US) Checker-throated Woodpecker
The Checker-throated Woodpecker (Chrysophlegma mentale) 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
- Chrysophlegma mentale
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Checker-throated Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1826)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Chrysophlegma mentale humii
- Chrysophlegma mentale mentale
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus mentalis
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1826)
- Type locality
- Java.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.65, vol.4 pl.384
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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