Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
Melanerpes cruentatus(Boddaert, P, 1783)
English (US) Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
The Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus) 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: eastern Colombia to the Guianas, eastern Bolivia, northeastern Brazil, and Mato GrossoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanerpes cruentatus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus cruentatus
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
- Type locality
- Cayenne, ex Daubenton, pi. 694, f. 2.
- Original description
- Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.43
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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