Elliot's woodpecker

Elliot's woodpecker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Dendropicos
Species: D. elliotii
Binomial name
Dendropicos elliotii
(Cassin, 1863)

Elliot's woodpecker (Dendropicos elliotii) is a species of bird in the Picidae family.[2][3]

It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2014). "Dendropicos elliotii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Woodpeckers". World Bird List Version 5.4. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  3. Fuchs, J.; Pons, J.M. (2015). "A new classification of the pied woodpeckers assemblage (Dendropicini, Picidae) based on a comprehensive multi-locus phylogeny". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 88: 28–37. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.03.016.


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