Jamaican Woodpecker
Melanerpes radiolatus(Wagler, JG, 1827)
English (US) Jamaican Woodpecker
The Jamaican Woodpecker (Melanerpes radiolatus) 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: JamaicaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanerpes radiolatus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Jamaican Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Wagler, JG, 1827)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus radiolatus
- Described by
- (Wagler, JG, 1827)
- Type locality
- Jamaica.
- Original description
- Systema Avium pt.1 p.28
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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