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White-bellied Woodpecker

Dryocopus javensis (Horsfield, T 1821)

The white-bellied woodpecker or great black woodpecker is found in evergreen forests of tropical Asia, including the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It has 14 subspecies, part of a complex including the Andaman woodpecker. Many of its island forms are endangered, and some are extinct. Populations differ in the distribution and extent of white. They are among the largest of the Asiatic woodpeckers and nest in large dead trees, often beside rivers. Their drums and calls are louder than those of the smaller woodpeckers. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Dryocopus
Scientific:
  Dryocopus javensis


Original description

Citation:
  (Horsfield, T 1821)

Reference:
   Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1), 13 p.175

Protonym:
  Picus Javensis

Type locality:
  Java.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754908


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  0874151848DB619B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-08741518

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/08741518


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 202279

Geographic range:

  • Dryocopus javensis javensis: southern Thailand and Malay Peninsula to Greater Sundas and offshore islands
  • Dryocopus javensis forresti: montane forest of northern Myanmar and adjacent southwestern China
  • Dryocopus javensis richardsi: Korea; extinct on Tsushima Island (Japan)
  • Dryocopus javensis hodgsonii: peninsular India
  • Dryocopus javensis feddeni: Thailand, Myanmar, and Indochina
  • Dryocopus javensis parvus: Simeulue (off northwestern Sumatra)
  • Dryocopus javensis confusus: central and southern Luzon (northern Philippines)
  • Dryocopus javensis esthloterus: northern Luzon (northern Philippines)
  • Dryocopus javensis pectoralis: east-central Philippines (Leyte, Samar, Panaon, Calicoan, and Bohol)
  • Dryocopus javensis philippinensis: Philippines (Panay, Negros, Masbate, and Guimaras)
  • Dryocopus javensis mindorensis: Mindoro (Philippines)
  • Dryocopus javensis cebuensis: formerly Cebu (central Philippines); extinct
  • Dryocopus javensis multilunatus: southern Philippines (Basilan, Dinagat, and Mindanao)
  • Dryocopus javensis suluensis: Sulu Archipelago
  • Dryocopus javensis hargitti: Palawan (southwestern Philippines)
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English:
White-bellied Woodpecker
Catalan:
Picot negre pitblanc
Czech:
datel indomalajský
Danish:
Hvidbuget Sortspætte
German:
Weißbauchspecht
Spanish:
Picamaderos Ventriblanco
Spanish (Spain):
Picamaderos Ventriblanco
Finnish:
aasianpalokärki
French:
Pic à ventre blanc
Croatian:
bjelotrba žuna
Hungarian:
fehérhasú harkály
Italian:
Picchio panciabianca
Japanese (romaji):
kitataki
Japanese:
キタタキ
Lithuanian:
Baltapilvė meleta
Dutch:
Witbuikspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kvitbuksvartspett
Norwegian:
Hvitbuksvartspett
Polish:
dzięcioł białobrzuchy
Portuguese:
Pica-pau-de-barriga-branca
Portuguese (Portugal):
pica-pau-de-barriga-branca
Russian:
Белобрюхая желна
Slovak:
tesár bielobruchý
Serbian:
Belotrba žuna
Swedish:
vitbukig spillkråka
Ukrainian:
Жовна білочерева
Chinese:
白腹黑啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
白腹黑啄木


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Pic à ventre blanc ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pic à ventre blanc ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
White-bellied Woodpecker ( Dryocopus javensis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Dryocopus javensis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Dryocopus javensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Dryocopus [javensis or hodgei] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Azerbaijani: ağqarın ağacdələn
Bengali: ধরাম঩ট কুটিকুড়াচর
Bengali (transliteration): dhalāpēṭa kāṭhaṭhōkarā*
Catalan: Picot negre pitblanc
Czech: datel indomalajský, Datel jávský
Danish: Hvidbuget Sortspætte
German: Weißbauchspecht
English: Great Black Woodpecker, Indian Great Black Woodpecker, Tristram's Woodpecker, White-bellied Black Woodpecker, White-bellied Woodpecker
English, HBW: White-bellied Woodpecker
English (India): White-bellied Woodpecker (Great Black Woodpecker)
English (IOC): White-bellied Woodpecker
English (United States): White-bellied Woodpecker
Esperanto: Blankventra nigropego
Spanish: Picamaderos Ventriblanco, Pito Negro de Vientre Blanco
Spanish (Spain): Picamaderos Ventriblanco
Spanish (HBW): White-bellied Woodpecker
Estonian: valgekõht-musträhn
Finnish: Aasianpalokärki
French: Pic à ventre blanc
Croatian: bjelotrba žuna
Hungarian: fehérhasú harkály
Indonesian: Burung Pelatuk Ayam, Pelatuk Ayam
Italian: Picchio nero di Giava, Picchio panciabianca
Japanese (romaji): kitataki, ki-tataki
Japanese: キタタキ
Japanese (Kanji): 木啄
Kazakh: ақбауыр желна
Korean: 크낙새
Korean (Transliteration): keun-ak-sae
Kirghiz: ак курсак кара доңкулдак
Scientific: Dryocopus javensis, Dryocopus javensis javensis, Picus Javensis
Lithuanian: Baltapilvė meleta
Latvian: baltvēdera dzilna
Malayalam: കാക്ക മരംകൊത്തി
Malay: Belatok Gajah, Belatuk Gajah, Belatuk Hitam-Putih, Burung Belatok Gajah, Burung Belatuk Hitam-Putih, Burung Belatuk Perut Putih
Dutch: Witbuikspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvitbuksvartspett
Norwegian: Hvitbuksvartspett
Polish: dzieciol bialobrzuchy, dzięcioł białobrzuchy
Pinyin: bái-fù hēi zhuó-mù-niǎo
Portuguese: Pica-pau-de-barriga-branca
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-pau-de-barriga-branca
Russian: Белобрюхая желна
Slovak: tesár bielobruchý
Slovenian: richardsi
Serbian: Belotrba žuna
Swedish: Vitbukad spillkråka, Vitbukig spillkråka
Thai: นกหัวขวานใหญ่สีดำ
Thai (Transliteration): nók hŭa-kʰwăan yày sĭi-dam
Turkish: Ak karınlı kara ağaçkakan
Ukrainian: Жовна білочерева
Vietnamese: Chim Gõ kiến đen bụng trắng, Gõ kiến đen bụng trắng
Chinese: 白腹黑啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 白腹黑啄木, 白腹黑啄木鳥

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