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White-necked Rockfowl
Picathartes gymnocephalus (Temminck, CJ 1825)
The white-necked rockfowl is a medium-sized bird in the family Picathartidae, with a long neck and tail. Also known as the white-necked picathartes, this passerine is mainly found in rocky forested areas at higher altitudes in West Africa from Guinea to Ghana. Its distribution is patchy, with populations often being isolated from each other. The rockfowl typically chooses to live near streams and inselbergs. It has no recognized subspecies, though some believe that it forms a superspecies with the grey-necked rockfowl. The white-necked rockfowl has greyish-black upperparts and white underparts. Its unusually long, dark brown tail is used for balance, and its thighs are muscular. The head is nearly featherless, with the exposed skin being bright yellow except for two large, circular black patches located just behind the eyes. Though the bird is usually silent, some calls are known. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Eupetidae
Genus:
Picathartes
Scientific:
Picathartes gymnocephalus
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Eupetidae
Genus:
Picathartes
Scientific:
Picathartes gymnocephalus
Original description
Citation:
(Temminck, CJ 1825)
Reference:
Nouv. Recueil Pl. Color. Ois.
livr.55 pl.327
Protonym:
Corvus gymnocephalus
Type locality:
locality unknown, but English possessions on coast of Guinea suggested by Temminck.
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
303653379A703A4F
Avibase ID:
avibase-30365337
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/30365337
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562165
VULNERABLE
Geographic range:
- Picathartes gymnocephalus: Locally in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana
Source: Clements checklist
White-necked Rockfowl
Catalan:
picatart collblanc
Czech:
vranule bělokrká
Danish:
Gulhovedet Kragedrossel
German:
Gelbkopf-Felsenhüpfer
Spanish:
Picatartes Cuelliblanco
Spanish (Spain):
Picatartes cuelliblanco
Finnish:
keltapääkaljukas
French:
Picatharte de Guinée
Croatian:
bjelovrata gologlavka
Hungarian:
fehérnyakú gólyalábúvarjú
Italian:
Picatarte collobianco
Japanese (romaji):
hagechimedori
Japanese:
ハゲチメドリ
Lithuanian:
Baltakaklė plikoji varna
Dutch:
Witnekkaalkopkraai
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Gulhovudgrottefugl
Norwegian:
Gulhodegrottefugl
Polish:
sępowronka żółtogardła
Portuguese:
Picatartes-da-guiné
Portuguese (Portugal):
picatartes-de-pescoço-branco
Russian:
Желтолицая лысая сорока
Slovak:
holohlavec žltohlavý
Serbian:
Belovrata gologlavka
Swedish:
gulskallig kråktrast
Ukrainian:
Гологолов західний
Chinese:
白颈岩鹛
Chinese (Traditional):
白頸岩鶥
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Picatharte de Guinée ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Picatharte de Guinée ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 1st edition: Yellow-headed Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements, version 2021: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements, version 2022: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements, version 2023: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 3rd edition: Yellow-headed Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 4th edition: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 6th edition: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): White-necked Picathartidae (Rockfowl) ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements, version 2015: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements, version 2016: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements, version 2017: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements, version 2018: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Clements, version 2019: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| eBird version 1.50: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| eBird version 1.52: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| eBird version 1.53: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| eBird version 1.54: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| eBird version 1.55: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| eBird version 2015: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| eBird version 2016: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| eBird version 2017: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| eBird version 2018: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| eBird version 2019: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| eBird version 2021: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| eBird version 2022: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| eBird version 2023: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: White-necked Bald Crow ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): White-necked Bald Crow ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: White-necked Picathartes ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Yellow-headed Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Picathartes gymnocephalus |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Picathartes gymnocephalus |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Picathartes gymnocephalus |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): White-necked Rockfowl ( Picathartes gymnocephalus) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Picathartes gymnocephalus |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Picathartes gymnocephalus |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: picatart collblanc
Montenegrin: bjelovrata gologlavka, бјеловрата гологлавка
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): бјеловрата гологлавка
Czech: Vranule belokrká, vranule bělokrká
Danish: Gulhovedet Kragedrossel
German: Gelbkopf-Fehlshüpfer, Gelbkopf-Felsenhüpfer, Gelbkopf-Felshüpfer, Gelbkopf-Stelze
English: Bare-headed Rockfowl, Guinea Bare-headed Rockfowl, Guinea Bare-headed Rock-Fowl, White necked Rockfowl, White-necked Bald Crow, White-necked Baldcrow, White-necked Picathartes, White-necked Picathartidae (Rockfowl), White-necked Rockfowl, Yellow-headed Picathartes, Yellow-headed Rockfowl
English, HBW: White-necked Rockfowl
English (IOC): White-necked Rockfowl
English (United States): White-necked Rockfowl
Spanish: Pavo Calvo de Guinea, Picatartes Cuelliblanco
Spanish (Spain): Picatartes cuelliblanco
Spanish (HBW): White-necked Rockfowl
Estonian: ginea kaljukark
Finnish: Keltapääkaljukas
French: Picatharte à cou blanc, Picatharte chauve, Picatharte chauve de Guinée, Picatharte de Guinée
Croatian: bjelovrata gologlavka
Hungarian: fehérnyakú gólyalábúvarjú
Italian: Picatarte collobianco
Japanese (romaji): hagechimedori
Japanese: ハゲチメドリ
Kara-Kalpak: жалтыр бас ғарға, жылтыр ғарға
Scientific: Corvus gymnocephalus, Picathartes gymnocephalus
Lithuanian: Baltakaklė plikoji varna
Maltese: tajra tal-blat ta' għonqha abjad
Dutch: Grijsnekkaalkopkraai, Witnekkaalkopkraai, Witnekkraai
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gulhovudgrottefugl
Norwegian: Gulhodegrottefugl, Kråketrost
Polish: sepowronka zóltogardla, sępowronka żółtogardła, Sępowronka żółtogłowa
Portuguese: Picatartes-da-guiné
Portuguese (Portugal): picatartes-de-pescoço-branco
Russian: белошейная лысая ворона, Желтолицая лысая сорока, Западная лысая ворона
Slovak: holohlavec žltohlavý, Strakovec žltohlavý
Serbian: Belovrata gologlavka
Swedish: gulskallig kråktrast, Vithakad kråktrast
Turkish: Ak boyunlu mağarasaksağanı
Ukrainian: Гологолов західний
Chinese: 白颈岩鹛
Chinese (Traditional): 白頸岩鶥
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