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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 edit

  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.

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