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Green-backed Woodpecker

Campethera maculosa (Valenciennes, A 1826)




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Classification
Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Campethera
Scientific:
  Campethera maculosa


Original description

Citation:
  (Valenciennes, A 1826)

Reference:
   Dict. Sci. Nat. [Levrault] 40 p.173

Protonym:
  Picus maculosus

Type locality:
  Senegal.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81577#page/179/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  BD7C4F709B1B42CD

Avibase ID:
  avibase-BD7C4F70

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/BD7C4F70


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554003

Geographic range:

  • Campethera maculosa maculosa: Senegal and Guinea-Bissau to central Ghana and Liberia
  • Campethera maculosa: lowland and foothill forest and forest edge, riparian and miombo woodland, and thornscrub savanna, from Senegal and Guinea-Bissau eastward to southwestern Ethiopia, and southward to northern Angola and Mozambique
  • Campethera maculosa cailliautii: coastal southern Somalia through Kenya to northeastern Tanzania; Zanzibar
  • Campethera maculosa nyansae: southwestern Ethiopia to southwestern Kenya, northwestern Tanzania, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northeastern Angola
  • Campethera maculosa loveridgei: central Tanzania to far eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique
  • Campethera maculosa permista: eastern Ghana eastward to far southwestern South Sudan and southwestern Uganda, southward to northern Angola, and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo
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English:
Green-backed Woodpecker
Afrikaans:
Gevlekte Speg
Bulgarian:
Петнист кълвач
Catalan:
Picot de Cailliaut
Czech:
datel zelenohřbetý
Danish:
Grønrygget Spætte
German:
Tüpfelspecht
Esperanto:
ordorsa pego
Spanish:
Pito de Cailliaud
Spanish (Spain):
Pito de Guinea
Estonian:
väike-helmesrähn
Finnish:
täplätikka
French:
Pic barré
Croatian:
pjegavoglavi djetlić
Italian:
Picchio dorsoverde
Japanese (romaji):
himeafurikaaogera
Japanese:
ヒメアフリカアオゲラ
Lithuanian:
Žalianugarė kampetera
Dutch:
Groenrugspecht
Norwegian:
Grønnryggspett
Polish:
dzieciolik zielonogrzbiety
Portuguese:
Pica-pau-de-dorso-verde
Portuguese (Portugal):
pica-pau-de-costas-douradas
Russian:
Пятнистая кампетера
Slovak:
žlna zelenochrbtá
Serbian:
Zelenoleđi detlić
Swedish:
grönryggig hackspett
Turkish:
Benekli Küçük Ağaçkakan
Ukrainian:
Дятлик зеленокрилий
Chinese:
绿背啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
非洲綠背啄木


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera maculosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Little Spotted, Green-backed or Little Green Woodpecker ( Campethera [cailliautii, permista or maculosa])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Little Green, Little Spotted or Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera [maculosa, cailliautii or permista])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera maculosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Little Spotted, Green-backed or Little Green Woodpecker ( Campethera [cailliautii, permista or maculosa])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Little Spotted, Green-backed or Little Green Woodpecker ( Campethera [cailliautii, permista or maculosa])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Little Spotted, Green-backed or Little Green Woodpecker ( Campethera [cailliautii, permista or maculosa])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Little Spotted, Green-backed or Little Green Woodpecker ( Campethera [cailliautii, permista or maculosa])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Little Spotted, Green-backed or Little Green Woodpecker ( Campethera [cailliautii, permista or maculosa])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Little Spotted, Green-backed or Little Green Woodpecker ( Campethera [cailliautii, permista or maculosa])
Avilist 2025:
Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera maculosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera maculosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera maculosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera maculosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera maculosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera maculosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera maculosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera maculosa) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Gevlekte Speg
Bulgarian: Петнист кълвач
Catalan: Picot de Cailliaut
Czech: datel zelenohřbetý
Danish: Grønrygget Spætte
German: Tüpfelspecht
English: Green-backed Woodpecker, Little Green, Little Spotted or Green-backed Woodpecker, Little Spotted, Green-backed or Little Green Woodpecker
English (Avilist): Green-backed Woodpecker
English, HBW: Little Spotted/Little Green Woodpecker
English (IOC): Little Green/Little Spotted Woodpecker
English (United States): Green-backed Woodpecker
Esperanto: ordorsa pego
Spanish: Pito de Cailliaud
Spanish (Spain): Pito de Guinea
Estonian: väike-helmesrähn
Finnish: täplätikka
French: Pic barré, Pic barré, P. de Cailliaud, P. à dos vert, Pic de Cailliaud, Pic de Cailliaud, P. à dos vert ou P. barré
Croatian: pjegavoglavi djetlić
Italian: Picchio dorsoverde
Japanese (romaji): himeafurikaaogera
Japanese: ヒメアフリカアオゲラ
Scientific: Campethera [cailliautii, permista or maculosa], Campethera [maculosa, cailliautii or permista], Campethera cailliautii, Campethera cailliautii cailliautii, Campethera maculosa, Chrysopicos Cailliautii
Lithuanian: Žalianugarė kampetera
Dutch: Groenrugspecht
Norwegian: Grønnryggspett
Polish: dzieciolik zielonogrzbiety
Portuguese: Pica-pau-de-dorso-verde
Portuguese (Angola): Pica-pau-de-dorso-verde
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-pau-de-costas-douradas
Russian: Пятнистая кампетера
Slovak: žlna zelenochrbtá
Serbian: Zelenoleđi detlić
Swedish: grönryggig hackspett
Swahili: Kigong'ota Madoa
Turkish: Benekli Küçük Ağaçkakan
Ukrainian: Дятлик зеленокрилий
Chinese: 绿背啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲綠背啄木

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