Puerto Rican Woodpecker
Melanerpes portoricensis(Daudin, FM, 1803)
English (US) Puerto Rican Woodpecker
The Puerto Rican Woodpecker (Melanerpes portoricensis) 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 wooded habitats on Puerto Rico including Isla de Vieques (just east of Puerto Rico)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanerpes portoricensis
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Puerto Rican Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Daudin, FM, 1803)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus portoricensis
- Described by
- (Daudin, FM, 1803)
- Type locality
- Puerto Rico.
- Original description
- Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, par les professeurs de cet éstablissement. Ouvrage orné de gravures 2 p.286 pl.51
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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