Puerto Rican Woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Judith D. Toms
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 8, 2010
Text last updated October 8, 2010
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | picot de Puerto Rico |
| Czech | datel portorický |
| Dutch | Puertoricaanse Specht |
| English | Puerto Rican Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | Puerto Rican Woodpecker |
| French | Pic de Porto Rico |
| French (France) | Pic de Porto Rico |
| German | Puerto-Rico-Specht |
| Japanese | プエルトリコキツツキ |
| Norwegian | puertoricospett |
| Polish | dzięciur czerwonogardły |
| Russian | Пуэрториканский дятел |
| Serbian | Portorikanski detlić |
| Slovak | tesárik tmavý |
| Spanish | Carpintero Puertorriqueño |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Carpintero de Puerto Rico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Carpintero puertorriqueño |
| Swedish | puertoricospett |
| Turkish | Porto Riko Ağaçkakanı |
| Ukrainian | Гіла червоногорла |
Melanerpes portoricensis (Daudin, 1803)
PROTONYM:
Picus portoricensis
Daudin, 1803. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, par les professeurs de cet éstablissement. Ouvrage orné de gravures 2, p.286 pl.51.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Puerto Rico.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELANERPES
- portoricensis
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
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Distribution of the Puerto Rican Woodpecker
