White Woodpecker
Melanerpes candidus(Otto, BC, 1796)
English (US) White Woodpecker
The White Woodpecker (Melanerpes candidus) 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: dry forest of South America east of the Andes to northern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanerpes candidus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Otto, BC, 1796)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus candidus
- Described by
- (Otto, BC, 1796)
- Type locality
- Cayenne; not known to occur at present.
- Original description
- Herrn von Buffon's Naturgeschichte der Vögel. Aus dem französischen übersetzt, mit Anmerkungen, Zusätzen, und vielen Kupfern vermehrt 23 p.191
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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