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White Woodpecker
Melanerpes candidus (Otto, BC 1796)
The white woodpecker is a South American species of woodpecker native to the wooded grasslands of Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. It is a bright white bird with black wings and a distinctive small bright yellow eye patch. The IUCN has rated it as a "least-concern species". Source: Wikipedia
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Piciformes
Family:
Picidae
Genus:
Melanerpes
Scientific:
Melanerpes candidus
Classification
Order:Piciformes
Family:
Picidae
Genus:
Melanerpes
Scientific:
Melanerpes candidus
Original description
Citation:
(Otto, BC 1796)
Reference:
Buffon's Naturgesch. Vög.
23 p.191
Protonym:
Picus candidus
Type locality:
Cayenne; not known to occur at present.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/264156#page/309/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
5CA0BA8732FE46F6
Avibase ID:
avibase-5CA0BA87
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/5CA0BA87
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 553980
Geographic range:
- Melanerpes candidus: dry forest of South America east of the Andes to northern Argentina
Source: Clements checklist
White Woodpecker
Catalan:
Picot blanc
Czech:
datel běloprsý
Danish:
Hvid Spætte
German:
Weißspecht
Spanish:
Carpintero Blanco
Spanish (Spain):
Carpintero Blanco
Finnish:
valkotikka
French:
Pic dominicain
Croatian:
bijeli djetlić
Hungarian:
fehér küllő
Italian:
Picchio bianco
Japanese (romaji):
shirokitsutsuki
Japanese:
シロキツツキ
Lithuanian:
Baltasis tamsianugaris genys
Dutch:
Witte Specht
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kvitspett
Norwegian:
Hvitspett
Polish:
dzięciur biały
Portuguese:
Pica-pau-branco
Portuguese (Brazil):
pica-pau-branco
Portuguese (Portugal):
Pica-pau-branco
Russian:
Белый дятел
Slovak:
tesárik biely
Serbian:
Beli detlić
Swedish:
vitspett
Ukrainian:
Гіла біла
Chinese:
白啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
白啄木
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Pic dominicain ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Pic dominicain ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 1st edition: White Woodpecker ( Leuconerpes candidus) |
| Clements, version 2021: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements, version 2022: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements, version 2023: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements, version 2024: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 3rd edition: White Woodpecker ( Leuconerpes candidus) |
| Clements 4th edition: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 6th edition: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements, version 2015: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements, version 2016: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements, version 2017: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements, version 2018: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Clements, version 2019: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| eBird version 1.50: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| eBird version 1.52: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| eBird version 1.53: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| eBird version 1.54: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| eBird version 1.55: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| eBird version 2015: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| eBird version 2016: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| eBird version 2017: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| eBird version 2018: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| eBird version 2019: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| eBird version 2021: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| eBird version 2022: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| eBird version 2023: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| eBird version 2024: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: White Woodpecker ( Leuconerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: White Woodpecker ( Leuconerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: White Woodpecker ( Leuconerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: White Woodpecker ( Leuconerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: White Woodpecker ( Leuconerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Leuconerpes candidus |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Leuconerpes candidus |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Leuconerpes candidus |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): White Woodpecker ( Melanerpes candidus) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Melanerpes candidus |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Melanerpes candidus |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bengali: ধরা কাঠমঠাকযা
Bengali (transliteration): dhalā kāṭhaṭhōkarā*
Catalan: Picot blanc
Czech: datel běloprsý, Datel bílý
Danish: Hvid Spætte
German: Weißspecht
English: White Woodpecker, White-headed Woodpecker
English, HBW: White Woodpecker
English (IOC): White Woodpecker
English (United States): White Woodpecker
Esperanto: Blanka melanerpo
Spanish: Carpintero Blanco
Spanish (Argentine): Carpintero blanco
Spanish (Bolivia): Carpintero blanco
Spanish (Spain): Carpintero Blanco
Spanish (HBW): White Woodpecker
Spanish (Peru): Carpintero Blanco
Spanish (Paraguay): Carpintero blanco
Spanish (Uruguay): Carpintero blanco
Estonian: valgerähn
Finnish: Valkotikka
French: Pic dominicain
Guarani: Äkati, Ypekû la novia, Ypekû ntere, Ypekû-ntere
Croatian: bijeli djetlić
Hungarian: fehér küllő
Italian: Picchio bianco
Japanese (romaji): shirokitsutsuki
Japanese: シロキツツキ
Scientific: Leuconerpes candidus, Melanerpes candidus, Picus bicolor, Picus candidus, Picus melanopterus
Lithuanian: Baltasis tamsianugaris genys
Dutch: Witte Specht
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvitspett
Norwegian: Hvitspett
Polish: Dzięcioł biały, dzieciur bialy, dzięciur biały
Portuguese: bilro, birro, cri-cri, Pica-pau-branco
Portuguese (Brazil): bilro, birro, cri-cri, Pica-Pau Branco, pica-pau-branco
Portuguese (Portugal): Pica-pau-branco
Russian: Белый дятел, Белый меланерпес
Slovak: tesárik biely
Serbian: Beli detlić
Sranan: Timreman
Swedish: Vitspett
Turkish: Ak ağaçkakan
Tatar: ак тукран
Ukrainian: Гіла біла
Chinese: 白啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 白啄木
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