| Sumatran woodpecker | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Picus |
| Species: | P. dedemi
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| Binomial name | |
| Picus dedemi (Van Oort, 1911)
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The Sumatran woodpecker (Picus dedemi) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus), but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.[2]
It is found in Sumatra. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Picus dedemi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13.