Little Gray Woodpecker Dendropicos elachus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Hans Winkler and David Christie
Version: 1.1 — Published October 24, 2023
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | picot del Sahel |
| Czech | datel sahelský |
| Dutch | Kleine Grijze Specht |
| English | Little Gray Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | Little Gray Woodpecker |
| French | Pic gris |
| French (France) | Pic gris |
| German | Wüstenspecht |
| Japanese | ニシアフリカコゲラ |
| Norwegian | sahelspett |
| Polish | dzięcioł szary |
| Russian | Серощёкий дятел |
| Serbian | Mali sivi detlić |
| Slovak | ďateľ bledý |
| Spanish | Pito Saheliano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pito saheliano |
| Swedish | sahelspett |
| Turkish | Sahel Ağaçkakanı |
| Ukrainian | Дятел сірий |
Revision Notes
Leo Gilman prepared the account for the 2023 Clements taxonomy update.
Dendropicos elachus Oberholser, 1919
PROTONYM:
Dendropicos elachus
Oberholser, 1919. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 32, p.8.
TYPE LOCALITY:
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- DENDROPICOS
- elachus
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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)
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Distribution of the Little Gray Woodpecker
