Southern sooty woodpecker

The southern sooty woodpecker (Mulleripicus fuliginosus) is a bird in the family Picidae. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it occurs in lowland evergreen forest up to 500 m (1,600 ft) in elevation, on the islands of Mindanao, Leyte, and Samar.[1]

Southern sooty woodpecker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Mulleripicus
Species:
M. fuliginosus
Binomial name
Mulleripicus fuliginosus
(Tweeddale, 1877)

Both the southern sooty woodpecker and the northern sooty woodpecker were previously considered to be subspecies of the same species, Mulleripicus funebris, known simply as the "sooty woodpecker".[1]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Mulleripicus fuliginosus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T22727234A110053354. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22727234A110053354.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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