Indian Spotted Creeper
Salpornis spilonota(Franklin, J, 1831)
English (US) Indian Spotted Creeper
The Indian Spotted Creeper (Salpornis spilonota) 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 spilonota
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Indian Spotted Creeper
- Described by
- (Franklin, J, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Salpornis spilonota rajputanae
- Salpornis spilonota spilonota
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Certhia spilonota
- Described by
- (Franklin, J, 1831)
- Type locality
- between Calcutta and Benares.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.10 p.121
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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