Crimson-mantled woodpecker

Crimson-mantled woodpecker
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Colaptes
Species: C. rivolii
Binomial name
Colaptes rivolii
(Boissonneau, 1840)[1]
Synonyms

Piculus rivolii (Boissonneau, 1840)

The crimson-mantled woodpecker (Colaptes rivolii) is a bird species in the woodpecker family (Picidae). It was formerly placed in the genus Piculus.[2] Its scientific name, rivolii, honors French ornithologist François Victor Masséna, second duke of Rivoli.[3]

It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2012). "Colaptes rivolii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  2. Benz, Brett W.; Robbins, Mark B.; Peterson, A. Townsend (2006). "Evolutionary history of woodpeckers and allies (Aves: Picidae): Placing key taxa on the phylogenetic tree". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 389–399. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.02.021. PMID 16635580.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 336–337. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.