Dendropicos [gabonensis or lugubris] (Gabon or Melancholy Woodpecker)

Gabon or Melancholy Woodpecker

Dendropicos [gabonensis or lugubris] (= 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

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2321482

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
D24EA5624A0D5A1E

Avibase ID:
avibase-D24EA562

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D24EA562

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554014

Geographic range:

Dendropicos lugubris: Sierra Leone to se Ghana, s Nigeria and sw Cameroon
Dendropicos gabonensis gabonensis: S Cameroon to Cent. Afr. Rep., Democratic Republic of the Congo, w Uganda and n Angola
Dendropicos gabonensis reichenowi: S Nigeria and extreme sw Cameroon

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Gabon or Melancholy Woodpecker
French:
Pic du Gabon ou P. à raies noires

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Gabon or Melancholy Woodpecker ( Dendropicos [gabonensis or lugubris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Gabon or Melancholy Woodpecker ( Dendropicos [gabonensis or lugubris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Gabon or Melancholy Woodpecker ( Dendropicos [gabonensis or lugubris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Gabon or Melancholy Woodpecker ( Dendropicos [gabonensis or lugubris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Gabon or Melancholy Woodpecker ( Dendropicos [gabonensis or lugubris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Gabon or Melancholy Woodpecker ( Dendropicos [gabonensis or lugubris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Gabon or Melancholy Woodpecker ( Dendropicos [gabonensis or lugubris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Gabon or Melancholy Woodpecker ( Dendropicos [gabonensis or lugubris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Gabon or Melancholy Woodpecker ( Dendropicos [gabonensis or lugubris])
Birdlife checklist version 00: Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Pic du Gabon ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Gabon Woodpecker ( Dendropicos gabonensis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Dendropicos gabonensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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