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Dinopium rafflesii (Vigors, 1830)

Olive-backed Woodpecker

Image acquired with permission from the Natural History Museum at Tring, United Kingdom. Specimen collected by A. R. Wallace. Specimen locality: Singapore
Label transcription: [Collected by A.R. Wallace. 1864 Chrysomotus rafflesii ♀ Singapore][No. Brit. Mus. Reg. 73.5.12.431 ♀ ad. Gauropicoides rafflesii (Vig.) Loc. Singapore Excoll. a. R. Wallace]

NOTE:
Species known to occur in Singapore.
Imaged Wallace Specimen from Singapore.

Taxon Information

Classification:
Vertebrata: Aves: Piciformes: Picidae (Woodpeckers)
Taxon Name (original as given on label):
Chrysomotus rafflesii
Collector:
A.R. Wallace
Locality of Specimen:
Singapore
Specimen Repository:
Natural History Museum Tring

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