Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (22)
- Monotypic
Barbara Frei, Kimberly G. Smith, James H. Withgott, Paul G. Rodewald, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 5, 2017
Text last updated January 5, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | picot cap-roig |
| Croatian | grimiznoglavi djetlić |
| Czech | datel červenohlavý |
| Dutch | Roodkopspecht |
| English | Red-headed Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | Red-headed Woodpecker |
| Finnish | punapäätikka |
| French | Pic à tête rouge |
| French (France) | Pic à tête rouge |
| German | Rotkopfspecht |
| Icelandic | Roðaspæta |
| Japanese | ズアカキツツキ |
| Norwegian | rødhodespett |
| Polish | dzięciur krasnogłowy |
| Russian | Красноголовый дятел |
| Serbian | Crvenoglavi američki detlić |
| Slovak | tesárik červenohlavý |
| Spanish | Carpintero Cabecirrojo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Carpintero cabecirrojo |
| Swedish | rödhuvad hackspett |
| Turkish | Kırmızı Başlı Ağaçkakan |
| Ukrainian | Гіла червоноголова |
Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Picus erythrocephalus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.113.
TYPE LOCALITY:
America = South Carolina.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELANERPES
- erythrocephala / erythrocephalum / erythrocephalus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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)
Originally Appeared in
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- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Red-headed Woodpecker.
This species generally withdraws from northern part of its breeding range in winter, and its winter distribution is greatly affected by mast (e.g., acorn) abundance.
