Tullberg's woodpecker

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.

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)

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

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Campethera tullbergi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. 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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