The cardinal woodpecker is a widespread and common resident breeder in much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It occurs in a wide range of habitats, ranging from dense forest to thorn bush. They are fairly vocal and are easily identified by their call notes. The sexes are distinguishable by their head patterns. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Vieillot, LJP 1818)
Reference:
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd.
26 p.86
Protonym:
Picus fuscescens
Type locality:
South Africa, based on Levaillant, pi. 253 ; Grootvaders Bosch [Swellendam dist.. Cape Province], selected as type locality by Roberts, 1924, p. 83.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18046222
Avibase ID:
0A241B8390578710
Avibase ID:
avibase-0A241B83
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0A241B83
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554012
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Pic cardinal ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Pic cardinal ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Chloropicus fuscescens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Chloropicus fuscescens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
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Clements 6th edition: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Chloropicus fuscescens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Chloropicus fuscescens) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
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eBird version 2021: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Chloropicus fuscescens) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Chloropicus fuscescens) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Cardinal-Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Cardinal-Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
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Morony, Bock and Farrand: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Dendropicos fuscescens [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Dendropicos fuscescens [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Dendropicos fuscescens [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Cardinal Woodpecker ( Dendropicos fuscescens) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Dendropicos fuscescens [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Dendropicos fuscescens [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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