Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Melanerpes hoffmannii(Cabanis, JL, 1862)
English (US) Hoffmann's Woodpecker
The Hoffmann's Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii) 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: Pacific slope of southern Honduras to Nicaragua and Costa RicaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1862)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Centurus Hoffmannii
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1862)
- Type locality
- Costa Rica.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 10, no.59 p.322
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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