American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis Scientific name definitions
- Names (21)
- Subspecies (3)
Junior A. Tremblay, David L. Leonard Jr., and Louis Imbeau
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 21, 2018
Text last updated March 21, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Американски трипръст кълвач |
| Czech | datlík smrkový |
| Dutch | Amerikaanse Drieteenspecht |
| English | American Three-toed Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | American Three-toed Woodpecker |
| French | Pic à dos rayé |
| French (France) | Pic à dos rayé |
| German | Fichtenspecht |
| Icelandic | Korkspæta |
| Japanese | アメリカミユビゲラ |
| Norwegian | granspett |
| Polish | dzięcioł kordylierski |
| Russian | Американский трёхпалый дятел |
| Serbian | Američki troprsti detlić |
| Slovak | ďubník tajgový |
| Slovenian | Ameriški triprsti detel |
| Spanish | Pico Tridáctilo Americano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pico tridáctilo americano |
| Swedish | vedspett |
| Turkish | Amerika Üç Parmaklı Ağaçkakanı |
| Ukrainian | Дятел ялиновий |
Picoides dorsalis Baird, 1858
PROTONYM:
Picoides dorsalis
Baird, 1858. Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Vol. IX 9, p.xxviii,97,100.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Laramie Peak, Wyoming.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PICOIDES
- picoides
- dorsale / dorsalis
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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Figure 1. Distribution of the Three-toed Woodpecker in North America.
Distribution of the Three-toed Woodpecker in North America. During winter, individuals often move to lower elevations or to areas just outside of the breeding range. Extralimital winter observations are most frequently recorded south of the distribution shown, but winter irruptions of greater distances occur on rare occasions. See text for details.
