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Grey or Grey-headed Woodpecker
Dendropicos [goertae or spodocephalus] (= Dendropicos goertae) (Statius Muller, 1776)
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Order:
Piciformes
Family:
Picidae
Genus:
Dendropicos
Scientific:
Dendropicos goertae
Citation:
(Statius Muller, 1776)
Reference:
Natursyst.Suppl. p.91
Protonym:
Picus Goertae
Avibase ID:
178B3896EE8AF2FD
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/178B3896
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554020
Geographic range:
- Dendropicos goertae [goertae or centralis]: southwestern Mauritania and Senegambia to South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania
- Dendropicos goertae abessinicus: eastern Sudan, western Eritrea, and northern and western Ethiopia
- Dendropicos goertae meridionalis: S Gabon to nw Angola and s-central Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Dendropicos goertae koenigi: Sahel of Sahara (e Mali to Niger, Chad and w Sudan)
- Dendropicos spodocephalus spodocephalus: E Sudan and highlands of central and s Ethiopia
- Dendropicos spodocephalus rhodeogaster: Highlands of central Kenya to n-central Tanzania
- Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
Grey or Grey-headed Woodpecker
Catalan:
Picot gris occidental
Czech:
datel šedoprsý
Danish:
Gulbuget Askespætte
German:
Graubrustspecht
Spanish:
Pito Gris Occidental
Finnish:
liekkitikkanen
French:
Pic goertan ou P. spodocéphale
Hungarian:
szürkebegyű harkály
Italian:
Picchio di Goerta
Japanese (romaji):
haiirogera
Japanese:
ハイイロゲラ
Lithuanian:
Pilkasis genys
Dutch:
Grijsgroene Specht
Norwegian:
Askehodespett
Polish:
dzieciol popielaty
Portuguese:
Pica pau cinzento africano
Russian:
Серогрудый африканский дятел
Slovak:
datel sivý
Swedish:
Afrikansk gråspett
Ukrainian:
Дятел сірошиїй
Chinese:
灰啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
灰啄木
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Grey or Grey-headed Woodpecker ( Dendropicos [goertae or spodocephalus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Grey or Grey-headed Woodpecker ( Dendropicos [goertae or spodocephalus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Grey or Grey-headed Woodpecker ( Dendropicos [goertae or spodocephalus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Grey or Grey-headed Woodpecker ( Mesopicos [goertae or spodocephalus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Grey or Grey-headed Woodpecker ( Mesopicos [goertae or spodocephalus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Grey or Grey-headed Woodpecker ( Mesopicos [goertae or spodocephalus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Grey or Grey-headed Woodpecker ( Mesopicos [goertae or spodocephalus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Grey or Grey-headed Woodpecker ( Mesopicos [goertae or spodocephalus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Grey or Grey-headed Woodpecker ( Dendropicos [goertae or spodocephalus]) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Grey Woodpecker ( Mesopicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Grey Woodpecker ( Mesopicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Grey Woodpecker ( Mesopicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Grey Woodpecker ( Mesopicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Grey Woodpecker ( Mesopicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Grey Woodpecker ( Mesopicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Grey Woodpecker ( Mesopicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Grey Woodpecker ( Mesopicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Grey Woodpecker ( Mesopicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Pic goertan ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Gray Woodpecker ( Mesopicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Gray Woodpecker ( Mesopicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Grey Woodpecker ( Mesopicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Grey Woodpecker ( Mesopicos goertae) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: African Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: African Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: African Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: African Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: African Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: African Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: African Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: African Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: African Grey Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Gray Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae) [version 1] |
| James Lee Peters: Mesopicos goertae [version 1] |
| James Lee Peters (original): Mesopicos goertae [version 1] |
| James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Mesopicos goertae [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Dendropicos goertae [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
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Other synonyms
Catalan: Picot gris occidental
Czech: Datel šedoprsý
Danish: Gulbuget Askespætte
German: Graubrustspecht
English: African Grey Woodpecker, Gray Woodpecker, Grey or Grey-headed Woodpecker, Grey Woodpecker
Spanish: Pito Gris Occidental
Estonian: palmi-osmusrähn
Finnish: liekkitikkanen
French: Pic goertan, Pic goertan ou P. spodocéphale
Hungarian: szürkebegyű harkály
Italian: Picchio di Goerta
Japanese (romaji): haiirogera
Japanese: ハイイロゲラ
Scientific: Dendropicos [goertae or spodocephalus], Dendropicos goertae, Dendropicos goertae goertae, Mesopicos [goertae or spodocephalus], Mesopicos goertae, Mesopicos goertae goertae, Picus Goertae
Lithuanian: Pilkasis genys
Dutch: Grijsgroene Specht
Norwegian: Askehodespett
Polish: dzieciol popielaty, dzięcioł popielaty
Portuguese: Pica pau cinzento africano, Pica-pau-cinzento-africano
Russian: Серогрудый африканский дятел
Slovak: ďateľ sivoprsý, datel sivý
Serbian: Сива жунја
Swedish: Afrikansk gråspett, Gråspett
Swahili: Kigong'ota Kijivu
Ukrainian: Дятел сірошиїй
Chinese: 灰啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 灰啄木
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