Levaillant's Woodpecker
Picus vaillantii(Malherbe, A, 1847)
English (US) Levaillant's Woodpecker
The Levaillant's Woodpecker (Picus vaillantii) 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: mountains of Morocco, Algeria, and TunisiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Picus vaillantii
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Levaillant's Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Malherbe, A, 1847)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Chloropicus Vaillantii
- Described by
- (Malherbe, A, 1847)
- Type locality
- Algeria.
- Original description
- Mémoires de l'Académie Royale de Metz 28 p.130
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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