Avibase: Dendropicos obsoletus obsoletus (nigricans) (Brown-backed Woodpecker (obsoletus, syn. nigricans))

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Brown-backed Woodpecker (obsoletus, syn. nigricans)

Dendropicos obsoletus obsoletus (nigricans) (= Dendropicos obsoletus nigricans) (Neumann, OR 1904)

Classification

Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Dendropicos
Scientific:
  Dendropicos obsoletus nigricans

Original description

Citation:
(Neumann, OR 1904)

Reference:
J. f. Orn. 52, no.3 p.402.

Protonym:
Jyngipicus obsoletos nigricans

Type locality:
Uma River, Konta, southern Ethiopia.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101586#page/414/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
5E4915CB8B404179

Avibase ID:
avibase-5E4915CB

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/5E4915CB

Taxonomic Serial Number:

English:
Brown-backed Woodpecker (obsoletus, syn. nigricans)
French:
Pic à dos brun (obsoletus, syn. nigricans)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Brown-backed Woodpecker (obsoletus, syn. nigricans) ( Dendropicos obsoletus obsoletus (nigricans))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Brown-backed Woodpecker (obsoletus, syn. nigricans) ( Dendropicos obsoletus obsoletus (nigricans))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Brown-backed Woodpecker (obsoletus, syn. nigricans) ( Dendropicos obsoletus obsoletus (nigricans))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Brown-backed Woodpecker (obsoletus, syn. nigricans) ( Dendropicos obsoletus obsoletus (nigricans))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Brown-backed Woodpecker (nigricans) ( Dendropicos obsoletus obsoletus (nigricans))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Brown-backed Woodpecker (nigricans) ( Ipophilus obsoletus obsoletus (nigricans))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Brown-backed Woodpecker (nigricans) ( Ipophilus obsoletus obsoletus (nigricans))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Brown-backed Woodpecker (nigricans) ( Ipophilus obsoletus obsoletus (nigricans))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Brown-backed Woodpecker (nigricans) ( Ipophilus obsoletus obsoletus (nigricans))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Brown-backed Woodpecker (nigricans) ( Ipophilus obsoletus obsoletus (nigricans))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Brown-backed Woodpecker (nigricans) ( Dendropicos obsoletus obsoletus (nigricans))
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Dendrocopos obsoletus nigricans [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Dendrocopos obsoletus nigricans [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: junior synonym (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is a subspecies of Dendropicos obsoletus obsoletus

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