Celeus obrieni Short, 1973
Caatinga woodpecker, Kaempfer's woodpecker, Piaui woodpecker
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Celeus spectabilis obrieni Short, 1973
Conservation Status
Last record: 1926
Rediscovered in October 2006
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Brazil (central)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Short, L. S. (1973). A new race of Celeus spectabilis from eastern Brazil. Wilson Bull. 85: 465-467.
Other references:
Balchin, Chris. (2007). Back from the dead! A potpourri of recent rediscoveries in the Neotropics. Neotropical Birding 2: 4-11.
BirdLife International. (2012). Celeus obrieni. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 10 July 2012.
Dornas, T., do Valle, N. C., Hidasi, J. (2009). Celeus obrieni: dois novos registros históricos para o estado de Goiás. Atualidades Ornitológicas 149: 18-19.
Hidasi, J., Mendonça, L. G. A., Blamires, D. (2008). Primeiro registro documentado de Celeus obrieni (Picidae) para o estado de Goiás, Brasil. Ararajuba 16(4): 373-375.
Pacheco, J. F.; Maciel, E. (2009). Um registro recente e documentado de Celeus obrieni (Piciformes: Picidae) para o estado de Goiás. Atualidades Ornitológicas: 14.
Pinheiro, R. T.; Dornas, T. (2008). New records and distribution of Kaempfer’s Woodpecker Celeus obrieni. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 16(2): 167-169.
Prado, A. D. do. (2006). Celeus obrieni: 80 anos depois. Atualidades Ornitológicas: 4-5.
Santos, M. P.; Cerqueira, P. V.; Soares, L. M. (2010). Avifauna em seis localidades no Centro-Sul do Estado do Maranhão, Brasil. Ornithologia 4(1): 49-65.
Santos, M. P. D.; Vasconcelos, M. F. de. (2007). Range extension for Kaempfter's (sic?) Woodpecker Celeus obrieni in Brazil, with the first male specimen. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 127(3): 249-252.
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]
Tobias, Joseph A., Butchart, Stuart H. M. and Collar, Nigel J. (2006). Lost and found: a gap analysis for the Neotropical avifauna. Neotropical Birding [2006]: 4-22.
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