Buff-necked Woodpecker
Meiglyptes tukki(Lesson, RP, 1839)
English (US) Buff-necked Woodpecker
The Buff-necked Woodpecker (Meiglyptes tukki) 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
- Meiglyptes tukki
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Buff-necked Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Meiglyptes tukki tukki
- Meiglyptes tukki pulonis
- Meiglyptes tukki percnerpes
- Meiglyptes tukki infuscatus
- Meiglyptes tukki batu
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus tukki
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1839)
- Type locality
- Sumatra.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 2 p.167
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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