The northern sooty woodpecker (Mulleripicus funebris)[1] is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is endemic to Luzon, Marinduque, Catanduanes and the Polillo Islands in the Philippines.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Mulleripicus |
| Species: | M. funebris
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| Mulleripicus funebris (Valenciennes, 1826)
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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The northern sooty woodpecker was once considered conspecific with the southern sooty woodpecker and both were lumped together as Mulleripicus funebris and known simply as the "sooty woodpecker".
References edit
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Mulleripicus funebris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22727226A94944181. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727226A94944181.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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