Sumatran woodpecker
Appearance
Sumatran woodpecker | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Genus: | Picus |
Species: | P. dedemi
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Binomial name | |
Picus dedemi (Van Oort, 1911)
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The Sumatran woodpecker (Picus dedemi) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus), but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.[2]
It is found in Sumatra. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Picus dedemi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13.