Abyssinian Woodpecker
Dendropicos abyssinicus(Stanley, ES, 1814)
English (US) Abyssinian Woodpecker
The Abyssinian Woodpecker (Dendropicos abyssinicus) 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: savanna and juniper highlands of Ethiopia and EritreaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Dendropicos abyssinicus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Abyssinian Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Stanley, ES, 1814)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus Abyssinicus
- Described by
- (Stanley, ES, 1814)
- Type locality
- Ethiopia.
- Original description
- A voyage to Abyssinia, and travels into the interior of that country, executed under the orders of the British government, in the years 1809 and 1810 (etc.) App. p.lvi
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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