Guadeloupe Woodpecker
Melanerpes herminieri(Lesson, RP, 1830)
English (US) Guadeloupe Woodpecker
The Guadeloupe Woodpecker (Melanerpes herminieri) 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: varied forest types on Guadeloupe (central Lesser Antilles)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanerpes herminieri
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Guadeloupe Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1830)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus Herminieri
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1830)
- Type locality
- North America, error = Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles.
- Original description
- Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.3 p.228
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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