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Golden-olive Woodpecker

Colaptes rubiginosus (Swainson, WJ 1820)

The golden-olive woodpecker is a resident breeding bird from Mexico south and east to Guyana, northwest Argentina, as well as Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. It was formerly placed in the genus Piculus. The scientific name rubiginosus means "full of rust", describing the color of the bird's wings and back. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Colaptes
Scientific:
  Colaptes rubiginosus

Original description

Citation:
  (Swainson, WJ 1820)

Reference:
   Zool. Illustr. 1 pl.14,text

Protonym:
  Picus rubiginosus

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29156464

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  2257DD17485E53DF

Avibase ID:
  avibase-2257DD17

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/2257DD17

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554076

Geographic range:

  • Colaptes rubiginosus rubiginosus: Mountains of n-central and ne Venezuela
  • Colaptes rubiginosus yucatanensis: S Mexico (Oaxaca) to w Panama
  • Colaptes rubiginosus alleni: Santa Marta Mountains (ne Colombia)
  • Colaptes rubiginosus [buenavistae, palmitae or michaelis]: Andean slopes of e Colombia and e Ecuador
  • Colaptes rubiginosus tobagensis: Tobago
  • Colaptes rubiginosus trinitatis: Trinidad
  • Colaptes rubiginosus meridensis: NW Venezuela
  • Colaptes rubiginosus deltanus: NE Venezuela (Delta Amacuro)
  • Colaptes rubiginosus guianae: E Venezuela and adjacent Guyana
  • Colaptes rubiginosus paraquensis: Mountains of s-central Venezuela
  • Colaptes rubiginosus viridissimus: Tepuis of s Venezuela (high plateau of Auyán-tepui)
  • Colaptes rubiginosus nigriceps: Acari Mountains (s Guyana and adjacent s Suriname)
  • Colaptes rubiginosus gularis: Colombia (Central and Western Andes)
  • Colaptes rubiginosus rubripileus: Extreme sw Colombia to w Ecuador and nw Peru
  • Colaptes rubiginosus coloratus: Extreme se Ecuador and n-central Peru
  • Colaptes rubiginosus chrysogaster: Central Peru
  • Colaptes rubiginosus canipileus: Central and se Bolivia
  • Colaptes rubiginosus tucumanus: S Bolivia to nw Argentina (s to Tucumán)
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Catalan:
Picot olivaci
Czech:
datel olivovozlatý
Danish:
Kobbervinget Spætte
German:
Olivmantelspecht
Spanish:
Carpintero oliváceo
Finnish:
viidakkotikka
French:
Pic or-olive
Croatian:
maslinastoleđa žuna
Hungarian:
fehérarcú zöldfakopáncs
Italian:
Picchio olivaoro
Japanese (romaji):
kimbanemorigera
Japanese:
キンバネモリゲラ
Lithuanian:
Žalsvasis geltondryžis genys
Dutch:
Olijfrugspecht
Norwegian:
Olivenspett
Polish:
dzięcioł oliwkowy
Portuguese:
pica-pau-oliváceo
Portuguese (Brazil):
pica-pau-oliváceo
Russian:
Золотисто-зелёный полосатобрюхий дятел
Slovak:
vlikáč olivkastý
Serbian:
Zlatnomaslinasta američka žuna
Swedish:
olivgul hackspett
Ukrainian:
Дятел-смугань оливковокрилий
Chinese:
高原啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
高原啄木

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Piculus rubiginosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Piculus rubiginosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pic or-olive ( Piculus rubiginosus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Piculus rufiginosus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Piculus rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Piculus rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Piculus rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Piculus rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Piculus rubiginosus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Piculus rubiginosus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Piculus rubiginosus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Piculus rubiginosus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Colaptes [rubiginosus or aeruginosus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Catalan: Picot olivaci
Czech: datel olivovozlatý
Danish: Kobbervinget Spætte
German: Olivmantelspecht
English: Blue-headed Woodpecker, Golden-olive Woodpecker
Esperanto: Oroliva pego
Spanish: Carpintero Alidorado, Carpintero Cariblanco, Carpintero dorado gris, Carpintero Dorado Olivo, Carpintero oliváceo, Carpintero Olividorado, Carpintero verde dorado, Checo verde dorado, cheje
Spanish (Argentine): Carpintero dorado gris
Spanish (Bolivia): Carpintero dorado gris
Spanish (Colombia): Carpintero Cariblanco
Spanish (Costa Rica): Carpintero verde dorado
Spanish (Ecuador): Carpintero Olividorado
Spanish (Honduras): cheje
Spanish (Mexico): Carpintero Oliváceo
Spanish (Nicaragua): Carpintero Alidorado
Spanish (Panama): Carpintero Olividorado
Spanish (Peru): Carpintero Olivo y Dorado
Spanish (Venezuela): Carpintero Dorado Verde
Estonian: helepõsk-pronksrähn
Finnish: Viidakkotikka
French: Pic or-olive
Croatian: maslinastoleđa žuna
Hungarian: fehérarcú zöldfakopáncs
Italian: Picchio oliva dorato, Picchio olivaoro
Japanese (romaji): kimbanemorigera
Japanese: キンバネモリゲラ
Scientific: Colaptes rubiginosus, Colaptes rubiginosus rubiginosus, Piculus rubiginosus, Piculus rubiginosus rubiginosus, Piculus rufiginosus, Picus rubiginosus
Lithuanian: Žalsvasis geltondryžis genys
Dutch: Olijfrugspecht
Norwegian: Olivenspett
Polish: dzieciol oliwkowy, dzięcioł oliwkowy
Portuguese: Pica-pau-olivaceo, pica-pau-oliváceo
Portuguese (Brazil): Pica-Pau Dourado, pica-pau-olivaceo, pica-pau-oliváceo
Portuguese (Portugal): Pica-pau-oliváceo
Russian: Золотисто-зелёный полосатобрюхий дятел
Slovak: vlikác olivkastý, vlikáč olivkastý
Serbian: Zlatnomaslinasta američka žuna
Swedish: olivgul hackspett, Olivgul spett
Turkish: Yeşil-Sarı Ağaçkakan
Ukrainian: Дятел-смугань оливковокрилий
Chinese: 高原啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 高原啄木

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