Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatus(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Lineated Woodpecker
The Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Dryocopus lineatus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Lineated Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Dryocopus lineatus scapularis
- Dryocopus lineatus similis
- Dryocopus lineatus lineatus
- Dryocopus lineatus fuscipennis
- Dryocopus lineatus erythrops
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus lineatus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Cayenne.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.174
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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