Chilean Flicker
Colaptes pitius(Molina, GI, 1782)
English (US) Chilean Flicker
The Chilean Flicker (Colaptes pitius) 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 and scrub of central and southern Chile and southwestern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Colaptes pitius
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chilean Flicker
- Described by
- (Molina, GI, 1782)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus Pitius
- Described by
- (Molina, GI, 1782)
- Type locality
- Chile.
- Original description
- Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili p.343
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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