Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
Dendropicos poecilolaemusReichenow, A, 1893
English (US) Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
The Speckle-breasted Woodpecker (Dendropicos poecilolaemus) 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: far southeastern Nigeria eastward to southwestern South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, northern Rwanda, and western KenyaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Dendropicos poecilolaemus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1893
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Dendropicus poecilolaemus
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1893
- Type locality
- Sconga, west of Lake Albert.
- Original description
- Ornithologische Monatsberichte 1 p.30
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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