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Bearded Woodpecker

Chloropicus namaquus (Lichtenstein, AAH 1793)

The bearded woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It has a distinctive black and white head and brownish barred body. It is native to tropical central Africa. It has an extremely wide range and is a fairly common species, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern". Some taxonomic authorities place this species in Dendropicos. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Chloropicus
Scientific:
  Chloropicus namaquus

Original description

Citation:
  (Lichtenstein, AAH 1793)

Reference:
   Cat. Rer. Nat. Rar.

Protonym:
  Picus Namaquus

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13555728

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  77D82F60491DBC67

Avibase ID:
  avibase-77D82F60

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/77D82F60

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554016

Geographic range:

  • Chloropicus namaquus namaquus: western Central African Republic to southern Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and western Kenya, and from Angola south to Namiibia east to Tanzania, to Botswana, central Mozambique, and northern South Africa
  • Chloropicus namaquus schoensis: Ethiopia to Somalia and n Kenya
  • Chloropicus namaquus coalescens: Central and s Mozambique to e South Africa
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Bearded Woodpecker
Catalan:
Picot namaqua
Czech:
datel vousatý
Danish:
Skægspætte
German:
Namaspecht
Spanish:
Pito Namaqua
Spanish (Spain):
Pito Namaqua
Finnish:
täpläotsatikkanen
French:
Pic barbu
Croatian:
pjegavočeli djetlić
Italian:
Picchio barbuto
Japanese (romaji):
kurohigegera
Japanese:
クロヒゲゲラ
Lithuanian:
Akuotasis savaninis genys
Dutch:
Baardspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Skjeggspett
Norwegian:
Skjeggspett
Polish:
dzięcioł sawannowy
Portuguese:
pica-pau-de-bigodes
Russian:
Бородатый дятел
Slovak:
ďateľ fúzatý
Serbian:
Bradati detlić
Swedish:
namaquaspett
Ukrainian:
Дятел бородатий
Chinese:
须啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
鬚啄木

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Thripias namaquus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Thripias namaquus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Thripias namaquus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Thripias namaquus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Thripias namaquus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Thripias namaquus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Thripias namaquus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Thripias namaquus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Thripias namaquus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2022):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Pic barbu ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pic barbu ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Thripias namaquus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Thripias namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Thripias namaquus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Thripias namaquus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Thripias namaquus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Dendropicos namaquus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Bearded Woodpecker ( Chloropicus namaquus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Dendropicos namaquus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Dendropicos namaquus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Baardspeg, Baardspeg (Namakwaspeg)
Catalan: Picot namaqua
Czech: Datel vousatý
Danish: Skægspætte
German: Namaspecht
English: Bearded Woodpecker
English, HBW: Bearded Woodpecker
English (IOC): Bearded Woodpecker
English (Kenya): Bearded Woodpecker
English (United States): Bearded Woodpecker
Esperanto: Barba dendropiko
Spanish: Pico Barbudo, Pito Namaqua
Spanish (Spain): Pito Namaqua
Spanish (HBW): Bearded Woodpecker
Estonian: savanni-pruunrähn
Finnish: Täpläotsatikkanen
French: Pic barbu, Pic lugubre
Croatian: pjegavočeli djetlić
Italian: Picchio barbuto
Japanese (romaji): kurohigegera
Japanese: クロヒゲゲラ
Kwangali: Mbangura
Scientific: Chloropicus namaquus, Chloropicus namaquus namaquus, Dendropicos namaquus, Dendropicos namaquus namaquus, Picus Namaquus, Thripias namaquus
Lithuanian: Akuotasis savaninis genys
Dutch: Baardspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk: Skjeggspett
Norwegian: Skjeggspett
Polish: dzieciol sawannowy, dzięcioł sawannowy
Portuguese: Pica pau de vigode, Pica-pau-de-bigodes, Pica-pau-de-vigode
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-pau-de-bigodes
Russian: Бородатый дятел
Slovak: ďateľ fúzatý, ďateľ namakvaský
Shona: Hohodza
Serbian: Bradati detlić
Swedish: Namaquaspett
Swahili: Kigong'ota Kidevu-cheusi
Tswana: Kôkômere
Turkish: Sakallı ağaçkakan
Tsonga: Ghongoswana
Ukrainian: Дятел бородатий
Chinese: 须啄木, 须啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 鬚啄木

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