Stierling's Woodpecker
Dendropicos stierlingiReichenow, A, 1901
English (US) Stierling's Woodpecker
The Stierling's Woodpecker (Dendropicos stierlingi) 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: southern Tanzania to northern Mozambique and southern Malawi; eastern Zambia?Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Dendropicos stierlingi
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Stierling's Woodpecker
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1901
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1901
- Type locality
- Songea, Tanganyika Territory.
- Original description
- Ornithologische Monatsberichte 9 p.166
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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