Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Melanerpes pucherani(Malherbe, A, 1849)
English (US) Black-cheeked Woodpecker
The Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) 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: southern Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas) to western Colombia and western EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanerpes pucherani
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Malherbe, A, 1849)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Zebrapicus Pucherani
- Described by
- (Malherbe, A, 1849)
- Type locality
- Tobago, error = Colombia by designation of Hellmayr, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1911, p. 1188.
- Original description
- Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2), 1 p.542
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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