Hispaniolan Woodpecker
Melanerpes striatus(Müller, PLS, 1776)
English (US) Hispaniolan Woodpecker
The Hispaniolan Woodpecker (Melanerpes striatus) 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: Hispaniola and Beata IslandRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanerpes striatus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Hispaniolan Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Picas striatus
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
- Type locality
- Santo Domingo.
- Original description
- Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs p.91
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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