Phylum Chordata Rank Species | Family Picidae Scientific name Mulleripicus funebris Higher classification Mulleripicus | |
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Similar Philippine pygmy woodpecker, Mulleripicus, Spot‑throated flameback, Mombasa woodpecker, Black‑dotted piculet | ||
The northern sooty woodpecker (Mulleripicus funebris) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is endemic to Luzon, Marinduque, Catanduanes and the Polillo Islands in the Philippines.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The northern sooty woodpecker was once considered conspecific with the southern sooty woodpecker and both were lumped together as Mulleripicus funebris and known as, simply, the 'sooty woodpecker'.
References
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