Arabian Woodpecker
Dendrocoptes dorae(Bates, GL; Kinnear, NB, 1935)
English (US) Arabian Woodpecker
The Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes dorae) 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: southwestern Saudi Arabian PeninsulaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Dendrocoptes dorae
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Arabian Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Bates, GL; Kinnear, NB, 1935)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Desertipicus dorae
- Described by
- (Bates, GL; Kinnear, NB, 1935)
- Type locality
- Ukadh, 5000 feet, Taif-Mecca Road, Arabia.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 55 p.156
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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