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Gabon Woodpecker

Dendropicos gabonensis (Verreaux, JP; Verreaux, JBÉ 1851)

The Gabon woodpecker is a species of small woodpecker in the family Picidae which occurs in western central Africa. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Dendropicos
Scientific:
  Dendropicos gabonensis

Original description

Citation:
  (Verreaux, JP; Verreaux, JBÉ 1851)

Reference:
   Rev. Mag. Zool. Pure Appl. (2), 3 p.513

Protonym:
  Dendrobates Gabonensis

Type locality:
  Gaboon.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19559#page/543/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  8B3DF11879F5506E

Avibase ID:
  avibase-8B3DF118

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/8B3DF118

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554014

Geographic range:

  • Dendropicos gabonensis gabonensis: southern Cameroon to Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, and northern Angola
  • Dendropicos gabonensis reichenowi: southern Nigeria and far southwestern Cameroon
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Gabon Woodpecker
Catalan:
Picot del Gabon
Czech:
datel gabonský
Danish:
Gabonspætte
German:
Gabunspecht
Spanish:
Pito del Gabón
Spanish (Spain):
Pito del Gabón
Finnish:
pisaratikkanen
French:
Pic du Gabon
Croatian:
maslinasti djetlić
Italian:
Picchio del Gabon
Japanese (romaji):
gomafugera
Japanese:
ゴマフゲラ
Lithuanian:
Gaboninis savaninis genys
Dutch:
Gabonspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Flekkspett
Norwegian:
Flekkspett
Polish:
dzięcioł pręgouchy
Portuguese:
pica-pau-do-gabão
Portuguese (Portugal):
pica-pau-gabonês
Russian:
Габонский дятел
Slovak:
ďateľ gabonský
Serbian:
Gabonski detlić
Swedish:
gabonspett
Ukrainian:
Дятел габонський
Chinese:
加蓬啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
加彭啄木

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
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African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
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African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Avilist 2025:
Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pic du Gabon ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Gabon Woodpecker ( Chloropicus gabonensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Dendropicos [gabonensis or lugubris] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Catalan: Picot del Gabon
Czech: datel gabonský
Danish: Gabonspætte
German: Gabunspecht
English: Gabon Woodpecker
English, HBW: Gabon Woodpecker
English (IOC): Gabon Woodpecker
English (United States): Gabon Woodpecker
Esperanto: Gabona pego
Spanish: Pico de Gabon, Pito del Gabón
Spanish (Spain): Pito del Gabón
Spanish (HBW): Gabon Woodpecker
Estonian: tähnik-väikerähn
Finnish: Pisaratikkanen
French: Pic du Gabon, Pic vert du Gabon
Croatian: maslinasti djetlić
Italian: Picchio del Gabon
Japanese (romaji): gomafugera
Japanese: ゴマフゲラ
Scientific: Chloropicus gabonensis, Dendrobates Gabonensis, Dendropicos gabonensis, Dendropicos gabonensis gabonensis
Lithuanian: Gaboninis savaninis genys
Dutch: Gabonspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk: Flekkspett
Norwegian: Flekkspett
Polish: dzieciol pregouchy, dzięcioł pręgouchy
Portuguese: pica-pau-do-gabão
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-pau-gabonês
Russian: Габонский дятел, Габонский саванный дятел
Slovak: ďateľ gabonský
Serbian: Gabonski detlić
Swedish: Gabonspett
Turkish: Gabon ağaçkakanı
Ukrainian: Дятел габонський
Chinese: 加蓬啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 加彭啄木

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