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Buff-spotted Woodpecker Campethera nivosa

  • LC Least Concern
  • Names (9)
  • Subspecies (4)
Hans Winkler and David Christie
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 18, 2017

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Recommended Citation

Winkler, H. and D. A. Christie (2020). Buff-spotted Woodpecker (Campethera nivosa), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.buswoo1.01