Tullberg's woodpecker
| Tullberg's woodpecker | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Campethera |
| Species: | C. tullbergi |
| Binomial name | |
| Campethera tullbergi (Sjöstedt, 1892) | |
Tullberg's woodpecker (Campethera tullbergi) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorates the Swedish zoologist Tycho Fredirk Hugo Tullberg (1842-1920).[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Campethera tullbergi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 344.
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