Green-barred Woodpecker
Colaptes melanochloros(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Green-barred Woodpecker
The Green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros) 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
- Colaptes melanochloros
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Green-barred Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Colaptes melanochloros melanochloros
- Colaptes melanochloros nattereri
- Colaptes melanochloros melanolaimus
- Colaptes melanochloros nigroviridis
- Colaptes melanochloros leucofrenatus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus melanochloros
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- Cayenne; error, Rio de Janeiro substituted by Hellmayr, Verh. Orn. Ges. Bayern, 12, 1915, p. 154.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.427
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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