Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Monotypic
Hans Winkler and David Christie
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 19, 2018
Text last updated January 19, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | picot de Pucheran |
| Czech | datel černolící |
| Dutch | Zwartwangspecht |
| English | Black-cheeked Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | Black-cheeked Woodpecker |
| French | Pic de Pucheran |
| French (France) | Pic de Pucheran |
| German | Schläfenfleckspecht |
| Japanese | ホオグロミヤビゲラ |
| Norwegian | svartørespett |
| Polish | dzięciur pstry |
| Russian | Чернощёкий дятел |
| Serbian | Crnoliki detlić |
| Slovak | tesárik čiernolíci |
| Spanish | Carpintero Centroamericano |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Carpintero Carinegro |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Carpintero Carinegro |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Carpintero Cachete Negro |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Carpintero Cara Negra |
| Spanish (Panama) | Carpintero Carinegro |
| Spanish (Peru) | Carpintero de Cara Negra |
| Spanish (Spain) | Carpintero centroamericano |
| Swedish | svartkindad hackspett |
| Turkish | Kara Yanaklı Ağaçkakan |
| Ukrainian | Гіла чорнощока |
Melanerpes pucherani (Malherbe, 1849)
PROTONYM:
Zebrapicus Pucherani
Malherbe, 1849. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2), 1, p.542.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Tobago, error = Colombia by designation of Hellmayr, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1911, p. 1188.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELANERPES
- pucherani
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Black-cheeked Woodpecker
