Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Karl E. Miller, David L. Leonard Jr., Clifford E. Shackelford, Raymond E. Brown, and Richard N. Conner
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 15, 2019
Text last updated January 15, 2019
Sign in to see your badges
Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | picot de Carolina |
| Czech | datel karolínský |
| Dutch | Roodbuikspecht |
| English | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| Finnish | tammiraitatikka |
| French | Pic à ventre roux |
| French (France) | Pic à ventre roux |
| German | Carolinaspecht |
| Icelandic | Línuspæta |
| Japanese | シマセゲラ |
| Norwegian | lundspett |
| Polish | dzięciur czerwonobrzuchy |
| Russian | Каролинский дятел |
| Serbian | Karolinski detlić |
| Slovak | tesárik červenotylový |
| Spanish | Carpintero de Carolina |
| Spanish (Spain) | Carpintero de Carolina |
| Swedish | karolinaspett |
| Turkish | Kızılca Karınlı Ağaçkakan |
| Ukrainian | Гіла каролінська |
Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Picus carolinus
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:
North America == South Carolina.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELANERPES
- carolinense / carolinensis / caroliniana / carolinianus / carolinus
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
Content Partner
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Red-bellied Woodpecker
