Tullberg's woodpecker

Tullberg's woodpecker
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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 family Picidae. It is found in western Cameroon, adjacent Nigeria, and Bioko island.

The common name and Latin binomial commemorates the Swedish zoologist Tycho Fredrik Hugo Tullberg (1842-1920). ^[2]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Campethera tullbergi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22726364A94920259. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22726364A94920259.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 344.

Further reading

• Fuchs, J.; Pons, J.-M.; Bowie, R.C.K. (2017). "Biogeography and diversification dynamics of the African woodpeckers". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 108: 88–100. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.01.007 . PMID   28089840.

External links

• Avibase
• Tanzania Birds
• AVoCet