Yellow-fronted Woodpecker
Melanerpes flavifrons(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Yellow-fronted Woodpecker
The Yellow-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes flavifrons) 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 and southeastern Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina (Misiones)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanerpes flavifrons
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-fronted Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus flavifrons
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- Brazil.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 26 p.75
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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