Splendid Woodpecker

Campephilus haematogaster splendens
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Genus:	Campephilus
Species:	C. haematogaster
Subspecies:	C. h. splendens
Trinomial name
Campephilus haematogaster splendens Hargitt, 1889

The splendid woodpecker (Campephilus haematogaster splendens) is a bird in the family Picidae usually considered conspecific with the crimson-bellied woodpecker (Campephilus haematogaster), although some taxonomic authorities consider it a distinct species. It is found in western and north-western Ecuador, south-western and western Colombia and eastern and northern Panama. Favoured habitats are humid and wet forest or montane forest from lowlands to 1,600 metres.^[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q20720421 entry

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