Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (22)
- Subspecies (9)
Peter E. Lowther, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 10, 2018
Text last updated September 10, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | picot garser arlequí |
| Czech | strakapoud proužkohřbetý |
| Dutch | Ladderspecht |
| English | Ladder-backed Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | Ladder-backed Woodpecker |
| French | Pic arlequin |
| French (France) | Pic arlequin |
| German | Texasspecht |
| Icelandic | Stigaspæta |
| Japanese | シマアカゲラ |
| Norwegian | leiderspett |
| Polish | dzięcioł pasiasty |
| Russian | Арлекиновый дятел |
| Serbian | Kaktusov detlić |
| Slovak | ďateľ harlekýn |
| Spanish | Pico Mexicano |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Carpintero Lomo Rayado |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Carpintero Mexicano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pico mexicano |
| Swedish | bandryggig hackspett |
| Turkish | Meksika Alaca Ağaçkakanı |
| Ukrainian | Дятел техаський |
Dryobates scalaris (Wagler, 1829)
PROTONYM:
Picus scalaris
Wagler, 1829. Isis 22, col.511.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mexico, restricted to central Veracruz by Oberholser, antea 1911, p. 142.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- DRYOBATES
- dryobates
- scalaris
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 Ladder-backed Woodpecker
