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Pale-headed Woodpecker
Gecinulus grantia (Horsfield, T 1840)
The pale-headed woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Source: Wikipedia
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Piciformes
Family:
Picidae
Genus:
Gecinulus
Scientific:
Gecinulus grantia
Classification
Order:Piciformes
Family:
Picidae
Genus:
Gecinulus
Scientific:
Gecinulus grantia
Original description
Citation:
(Horsfield, T 1840)
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
pt.7, no.82 p.165
Imprint year:
1839
Protonym:
Picus (Chrysonotus) Grantia
Type locality:
Assam.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96163#page/695/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
43DEA60F4B7447AB
Avibase ID:
avibase-43DEA60F
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/43DEA60F
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554154
Geographic range:
- Gecinulus grantia grantia: eastern Nepal to Myanmar and southern China (western Yunnan)
- Gecinulus grantia [indochinensis or poilanei]: southwestern China (southwestern Yunnan) to northwestern Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam
- Gecinulus grantia viridanus: southeastern China (Fujian and northern Guangdong)
Source: Clements checklist
Pale-headed Woodpecker
Catalan:
Picot del bambú septentrional
Czech:
datel indočínský
Danish:
Grønhovedet Spætte
German:
Fahlstirnspecht
Spanish:
Pito del Bambú Norteño
Spanish (Spain):
Pito del Bambú Norteño
Finnish:
ruskobambutikka
French:
Pic grantia
Croatian:
svjetloglava žuna
Italian:
Picchio testachiara
Japanese (romaji):
takegera
Japanese:
タケゲラ
Lithuanian:
Blyškiagalvis bambukinis genys
Dutch:
Bleekkopbamboespecht
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Rosenissespett
Norwegian:
Rosenissespett
Polish:
bambusowiec rdzawogrzbiety
Portuguese:
pica-bambu-de-coroa-clara
Portuguese (Portugal):
pica-pau-do-bambu-nortenho
Russian:
Светлоголовый дятел
Slovak:
mravcožlna pláštiková
Serbian:
Smeđi bambusov detlić
Swedish:
blekhuvad spett
Ukrainian:
Дзекіль світлоголовий
Chinese:
竹啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
竹啄木
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Pic grantia ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Oriental Bird Club: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Gecinulus grantia [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Gecinulus grantia [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Gecinulus grantia [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Pale-headed Woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Gecinulus grantia [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Gecinulus [grantia or viridis]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bengali: ধরাভাথা কাঠকুড়াচর , ধলামাথা কাঠকুড়ালি
Bengali (transliteration): dhalāmāthā kāṭhakuṛāli
Catalan: Picot del bambú septentrional
Czech: Datel bambusový, datel indočínský
Danish: Grønhovedet Spætte
German: Blasskopf-Bambusspecht, Blaßscheitel-Bambusspecht, Fahlstirnspecht
English: Bamboo Woodpecker, Pale headed Woodpecker, Pale-headed Woodpecker
English, HBW: Pale-headed Woodpecker
English (IOC): Pale-headed Woodpecker
English (United States): Pale-headed Woodpecker
Esperanto: Pale-headed Woodpecker
Spanish: Pico Bambú, Pito del Bambú Norteño
Spanish (Spain): Pito del Bambú Norteño
Spanish (HBW): Pale-headed Woodpecker
Estonian: leetkiird-bambuserähn
Finnish: bambutikka, ruskobambutikka, Valkopääbambutikka
French: Pic grantia
Croatian: svjetloglava žuna
Italian: Picchio dei bambù, Picchio testachiara
Japanese (romaji): takegera, take-gera
Japanese: タケゲラ
Japanese (Kanji): 竹啄木鳥
Scientific: Gecinulus grantia, Gecinulus grantia grantia, Picus (Chrysonotus) Grantia
Lithuanian: Blyškiagalvis bambukinis genys
Nepali: कैलो लाहा“चे
Dutch: Bleekkopbamboespecht, Bleekkop-bamboespecht
Norwegian Nynorsk: Rosenissespett
Norwegian: Rosenissespett
Polish: bambusowiec, bambusowiec rdzawogrzbiety
Pinyin: cāng-tóu zhú zhuó-mù-niǎo, zhú zhuó-mù-niǎo
Portuguese: pica-bambu-de-coroa-clara
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-pau-do-bambu-nortenho
Russian: Светлоголовый Бамбуковый дятел, Светлоголовый дятел
Slovak: gera pláštiková, mravcožlna pláštiková
Serbian: Smeđi bambusov detlić
Swedish: blekhuvad hackspett, Blekhuvad spett
Thai: นกหัวขวานป่าไฝ่, นกหัวขวานหัวเหลือง
Thai (Transliteration): nók hŭa-kʰwăan hŭa-lĕuaŋ
Turkish: Kızıl sırtlı bambu ağaçkakanı
Ukrainian: Дзекіль світлоголовий
Vietnamese: Chim Gõ kiến nâu đỏ, Gõ kiến nâu đỏ
Chinese: 竹啄木鸟, 苍头柱啄木鸟, 苍头竹啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 竹啄木, 竹啄木鳥, 蒼頭竹啄木鳥
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