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Choco Woodpecker

Veniliornis chocoensis Todd, WEC 1919

The Chocó woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss from deforestation. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Veniliornis
Scientific:
  Veniliornis chocoensis


Original description

Citation:
  Todd, WEC 1919

Reference:
   Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 32 p.116

Protonym:
  Veniliornis chocoensis

Type locality:
  Malagita, Choco, Colombia.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3335272


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  BFB999B16D732B68

Avibase ID:
  avibase-BFB999B1

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/BFB999B1


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554064


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Geographic range:

  • Veniliornis chocoensis: Humid forests of nw Colombia to nw Ecuador
English:
Choco Woodpecker
Catalan:
Picot del Chocó
Czech:
datel chocoský
Danish:
Chocóspætte
German:
Chocóspecht
Spanish:
Carpintero del Chocó
Spanish (Spain):
Carpintero del Chocó
Finnish:
chocontikka
French:
Pic du Choco
Croatian:
čokoska žuna
Italian:
Picchio del Chocò
Japanese (romaji):
chokohagera
Japanese:
チョコハゲラ
Lithuanian:
Čokinis genys
Dutch:
Chocóspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Chocospett
Norwegian:
Chocospett
Polish:
dzięcioł krótkodzioby
Portuguese:
pica-pau-do-chocó
Portuguese (Portugal):
pica-pau-do-chocó
Russian:
Чокский дятел
Slovak:
ďateľ tmavočelý
Serbian:
Čokoanski detlić
Swedish:
chocóspett
Ukrainian:
Дзьоган колумбійський
Chinese:
乔科啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
喬科啄木


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pic du Choco ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Choco Woodpecker ( Dryobates chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Choco Woodpecker ( Dryobates chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Choco Woodpecker ( Dryobates chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Choco Woodpecker ( Dryobates chocoensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Choco Woodpecker ( Dryobates chocoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Choco Woodpecker ( Dryobates chocoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Choco Woodpecker ( Dryobates chocoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Choco Woodpecker ( Dryobates chocoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Choco Woodpecker ( Dryobates chocoensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Choco Woodpecker ( Dryobates chocoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Veniliornis affinis chocoensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Veniliornis affinis chocoensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Veniliornis affinis chocoensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Veniliornis affinis chocoensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Veniliornis affinis chocoensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Veniliornis affinis chocoensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Veniliornis affinis chocoensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Veniliornis affinis chocoensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Veniliornis affinis chocoensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Veniliornis affinis chocoensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Veniliornis chocoensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Veniliornis cassini chocoensis [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Veniliornis cassini chocoensis [version 2]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Choco Woodpecker ( Dryobates chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Choco Woodpecker ( Dryobates chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Choco Woodpecker ( Dryobates chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
Choco Woodpecker ( Dryobates chocoensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Choco Woodpecker ( Dryobates chocoensis)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Choco Woodpecker ( Veniliornis chocoensis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Veniliornis chocoensis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Veniliornis chocoensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Veniliornis [affinis or chocoensis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Catalan: Picot del Chocó
Czech: datel chocoský
Danish: Chocóspætte
German: Blutflügelspecht, Chocóspecht, Chokospecht
English: Choco Woodpecker, Chocó Woodpecker
English, HBW: Choco Woodpecker
English (IOC): Choco Woodpecker
English (United States): Choco Woodpecker
Esperanto: Ĉokoa pego
Spanish: Carpintero del Chocó
Spanish (Colombia): Carpintero del Chocó
Spanish (Ecuador): Carpintero del Chocó
Spanish (Spain): Carpintero del Chocó
Spanish (HBW): Choco Woodpecker
Estonian: chocó värbrähn
Finnish: Chocontikka
French: Pic du Choco
Croatian: čokoska žuna
Italian: Picchio del Chocò
Japanese (romaji): chokohagera, usuakahagera
Japanese: ウスアカハゲラ, チョコハゲラ
Scientific: Dryobates chocoensis, Veniliornis affinis chocoensis, Veniliornis cassini chocoensis, Veniliornis chocoensis
Lithuanian: Čokinis genys
Dutch: Chocospecht, Chocóspecht
Norwegian Nynorsk: Chocospett
Norwegian: Chocospett
Polish: dzieciol krótkodzioby, dzięcioł krótkodzioby
Portuguese: pica-pau-do-chocó
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-pau-do-chocó
Russian: Венилиорнис Чоко, Чокский дятел
Slovak: ďateľ tmavočelý
Serbian: Čokoanski detlić
Swedish: Chocóspett
Turkish: Çoko ağaçkakanı
Ukrainian: Дзьоган колумбійський
Chinese: 乔科啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 喬科啄木

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