Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Leiopicus mahrattensis(Latham, J, 1801)
English (US) Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
The Yellow-crowned Woodpecker (Leiopicus mahrattensis) 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
- Leiopicus mahrattensis
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Leiopicus mahrattensis pallescens
- Leiopicus mahrattensis mahrattensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus Mahrattensis
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
- Type locality
- India =: the Mahratta country, ex Gen. Syn., suppl. 2, p. 142, no. 7.
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.xxxi
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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