Dendropicos [goertae or spodocephalus] (Grey or Grey-headed Woodpecker)

Grey or Grey-headed Woodpecker

Dendropicos [goertae or spodocephalus] (= Dendropicos goertae) (Müller, PLS 1776)

The African grey woodpecker is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae. Is a widespread and frequently common resident breeder in much of Sub-Saharan and equatorial Africa. It is a species associated with forest and bush which nests in a tree hole, often in an oil palm, laying two to four eggs. It is a common bird with a very wide range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern". Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Dendropicos
Scientific:
  Dendropicos goertae

Original description

Citation:
(Müller, PLS 1776)

Reference:
Linné vollst. Natursyst. Suppl. Reg. Bd.

Protonym:
Picus Goertae

Type locality:
Senegal.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/218386#page/111/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
178B3896EE8AF2FD

Avibase ID:
avibase-178B3896

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: southern Gabon to northwestern Angola and south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dendropicos goertae koenigi: Sahel of Sahara (eastern Mali to Niger, Chad, and western Sudan)
Dendropicos spodocephalus spodocephalus: eastern Sudan and highlands of central and southern Ethiopia
Dendropicos spodocephalus rhodeogaster: highlands of central Kenya to north-central Tanzania
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Grey or Grey-headed Woodpecker
French:
Pic goertan ou P. spodocéphale

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Grey or Grey-headed Woodpecker ( Dendropicos [goertae or spodocephalus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Grey or Grey-headed Woodpecker ( Dendropicos [goertae or spodocephalus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): 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]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Mesopicos goertae [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Mesopicos goertae [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Mesopicos goertae [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Dendropicos goertae [version 1]

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Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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