Mountain Gray Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Subspecies (2)
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 gris oriental |
| Czech | datel etiopský |
| Dutch | Ethiopische Specht |
| English | Mountain Gray Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | Mountain Gray Woodpecker |
| French | Pic spodocéphale |
| French (France) | Pic spodocéphale |
| German | Graukopfspecht |
| Japanese | リキュウガシラゲラ |
| Norwegian | gråhodespett |
| Polish | dzięcioł szarogłowy |
| Russian | Пепельноголовый дятел |
| Serbian | Planinski sivi detlić |
| Slovak | ďateľ sivohlavý |
| Spanish | Pito Gris Oriental |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pito gris oriental |
| Swedish | rödbukig askspett |
| Turkish | Doğulu Gri Ağaçkakan |
| Ukrainian | Дятел ефіопський |
Revision Notes
Leo Gilman prepared the account for the 2023 Clements taxonomy update.
Dendropicos spodocephalus (Bonaparte, 1850)
PROTONYM:
Dendrobates spodocephalus
Bonaparte, 1850. Conspectus generum avium 1, p.125.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Africa occid.; West Africa = East Africa, i.e. Shoa, ex Rüppell, Vog. N.-O. Afr., p. 86.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- DENDROPICOS
- spodocephala / spodocephalus
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)
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Distribution of the Mountain Gray Woodpecker
