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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.

https://www.rainforesttrust.org/news/first-protection-rediscovered-kaempfers-woodpecker-brazil/

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/6679/celeus-obrieni

 

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