Grey-breasted Woodpecker
Melanerpes hypopolius(Wagler, JG, 1829)
English (US) Gray-breasted Woodpecker
UK name: Grey-breasted Woodpecker
The Grey-breasted Woodpecker (Melanerpes hypopolius) 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: interior southwestern Mexico (northern Guerrero and Morelos to east-central Oaxaca)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanerpes hypopolius
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-breasted Woodpecker
- English (UK)
- Grey-breasted Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Wagler, JG, 1829)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus hypopolius
- Described by
- (Wagler, JG, 1829)
- Type locality
- Mexico; types from Tehuacan and Tecuapan, Puebla.
- Original description
- Isis von Oken 22 col.514
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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