Red-cockaded Woodpecker Dryobates borealis Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Jerome A. Jackson
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1994
Text last updated January 1, 1994
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | picot garser de Florida |
| Czech | strakapoud kokardový |
| Dutch | Kokardespecht |
| English | Red-cockaded Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | Red-cockaded Woodpecker |
| French | Pic à face blanche |
| French (France) | Pic à face blanche |
| German | Kokardenspecht |
| Icelandic | Rauðspæta |
| Japanese | ホオジロシマアカゲラ |
| Norwegian | kvaespett |
| Polish | dzięcioł skromny |
| Russian | Кокардовый дятел |
| Serbian | Floridski borov detlić |
| Slovak | ďateľ borinový |
| Spanish | Pico de Florida |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pico de Florida |
| Swedish | tallspett |
| Turkish | Ak Yanaklı Ağaçkakan |
| Ukrainian | Дятел флоридський |
Dryobates borealis (Vieillot, 1809)
PROTONYM:
Picus borealis
Vieillot, 1809. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l'Amérique Septentrionale, depuis Saint Dominique jusqu'à la baie de Hudson; contenant un grand nombre d'espèces décrites ou figurées pour la première fois 2, p.66 pl.122.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Northern United States' rr Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, by designation of Wetmore, injra, p. 498.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- DRYOBATES
- dryobates
- borealis
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
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Figure 1. Approximate current breeding range of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker.
Within this range populations are exceedingly fragmented (see text). Text discusses additional extralimital records.
