African Spotted Creeper
Salpornis salvadori(Bocage, JVB, 1878)
English (US) African Spotted Creeper
The African Spotted Creeper (Salpornis salvadori) 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 Salpornithidae (Spotted Creepers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Salpornis salvadori
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- African Spotted Creeper
- Described by
- (Bocage, JVB, 1878)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Salpornis salvadori emini
- Salpornis salvadori erlangeri
- Salpornis salvadori salvadori
- Salpornis salvadori xylodromus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Hylypsornis salvadori
- Described by
- (Bocage, JVB, 1878)
- Type locality
- Caconda, Benguella, Angola.
- Original description
- Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes. Publicado sob os Auspicios da Academia Real das Sciencas de Lisboa 6 p.198
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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