Dendrocopos major [numidus or mauritanus] (Great Spotted Woodpecker [Atlas])

Great Spotted Woodpecker [Atlas]

Dendrocopos major [numidus or mauritanus] (= Dendrocopos major numidus) (Malherbe, A 1843)

Classification

Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Dendrocopos
Scientific:
  Dendrocopos major numidus

Original description

Citation:
(Malherbe, A 1843)

Reference:
Mém. Acad. Royale de Metz 24 p.242

Protonym:
Picus Numidus

Type locality:
Province of Bone, Algeria.

Link:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k33223h/f245.item.r=Numidus

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
D6D9E76510DDFBD5

Avibase ID:
avibase-D6D9E765

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D6D9E765

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 686278

Geographic range:

Dendrocopos major numidus: northern Algeria and Tunisia
Dendrocopos major mauritanus: Morocco

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Great Spotted Woodpecker [Atlas]
Catalan:
Picot garser gros (numidus/mauritanus)
Czech:
strakapoud velký (ssp. numidus/mauritanus)
Danish:
Stor Flagspætte, Atlas (ssp. numidus/mauritanus)
German:
Buntspecht (numidus/mauritanus)
Spanish:
Pico Picapinos (numidus/mauritanus)
Spanish (Spain):
Pico picapinos (numidus/mauritanus)
Finnish:
käpytikka (numidus/mauritanus)
French:
Pic épeiche [numidus ou mauritanus]
Hungarian:
Nagy kaopáncs (numidus/mauritanus)
Icelandic:
Barrspæta (numidus/mauritanus)
Japanese (romaji):
akagera (numidus/mauritanus)
Japanese:
アカゲラ（numidus／mauritanus）
Lithuanian:
Didysis margasis genys (numidus/mauritanus)
Dutch:
Grote Bonte Specht (numidus/mauritanus)
Norwegian:
flaggspett (numidus/mauritanus)
Polish:
dzięcioł duży (numidus/mauritanus)
Portuguese (Portugal):
pica-pau-malhado (Atlas)
Russian:
Большой пёстрый дятел (numidus/mauritanus)
Slovak:
ďateľ tuniský (skup.)
Serbian:
Veliki detlić (numidus/mauritanus)
Swedish:
större hackspett (numidus/mauritanus)
Chinese:
大斑啄木鸟 (numidus/mauritanus)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Great Spotted Woodpecker [Atlas] ( Dendrocopos major [numidus or mauritanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Great Spotted Woodpecker [Atlas] ( Dendrocopos major [numidus or mauritanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Great Spotted Woodpecker [Atlas] ( Dendrocopos major [numidus or mauritanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Great Spotted Woodpecker [Atlas] ( Dendrocopos major [numidus or mauritanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Great Spotted Woodpecker [Atlas] ( Dendrocopos major [numidus or mauritanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Great Spotted Woodpecker [Atlas] ( Dendrocopos major [numidus or mauritanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Great Spotted Woodpecker [Atlas] ( Dendrocopos major [numidus or mauritanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Great Spotted Woodpecker [Atlas] ( Dendrocopos major [numidus or mauritanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Great Spotted Woodpecker [Atlas] ( Dendrocopos major [numidus or mauritanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Great Spotted Woodpecker [Atlas] ( Dendrocopos major [numidus or mauritanus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Great Spotted Woodpecker [Atlas] ( Dendrocopos major [numidus or mauritanus])
eBird version 1.53: Great Spotted Woodpecker (Atlas) ( Dendrocopus major numidus/mauritanus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54: Great Spotted Woodpecker (Atlas) ( Dendrocopos major numidus/mauritanus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55: Great Spotted Woodpecker (Atlas) ( Dendrocopos major numidus/mauritanus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015: Great Spotted Woodpecker (Atlas) ( Dendrocopos major numidus/mauritanus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Great Spotted Woodpecker (Atlas) ( Dendrocopos major numidus/mauritanus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Great Spotted Woodpecker (Atlas) ( Dendrocopos major numidus/mauritanus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Great Spotted Woodpecker (Atlas) ( Dendrocopos major numidus/mauritanus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Great Spotted Woodpecker (Atlas) ( Dendrocopos major numidus/mauritanus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Great Spotted Woodpecker (Atlas) ( Dendrocopos major numidus/mauritanus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Great Spotted Woodpecker (Atlas) ( Dendrocopos major numidus/mauritanus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Great Spotted Woodpecker (Atlas) ( Dendrocopos major numidus/mauritanus) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Great Spotted Woodpecker (Atlas) ( Dendrocopos major numidus/mauritanus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Dendrocopos major

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Asturian: Picatueru común (numidus/mauritanus)
Azerbaijani: İri ağacdələn (numidus/mauritanus yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Голям пъстър кълвач (ssp. numidus/mauritanus)
Catalan: Picot garser gros (numidus/mauritanus)
Czech: strakapoud velký (ssp. numidus/mauritanus)
Danish: Stor Flagspætte, Atlas (ssp. numidus/mauritanus)
German: Buntspecht (numidus/mauritanus), Grosser Specht
Greek: Πευκοδρυοκολάπτης (numidus/mauritanus)
English: Great Spotted Woodpecker (Atlas), Great Spotted Woodpecker [Atlas]
English, HBW: Great Spotted Woodpecker (Atlas)
English (IOC): Great Spotted Woodpecker (Atlas)
English (United States): Great Spotted Woodpecker (Atlas)
Spanish: Pico Picapinos (numidus/mauritanus)
Spanish (Spain): Pico Picapinos (numidus/mauritanus)
Spanish (HBW): Great Spotted Woodpecker (Atlas)
Basque: Okil handia (numidus/mauritanus)
Persian: دارکوب خالدار بزرگ (numidus/mauritanus)
Finnish: käpytikka (numidus/mauritanus)
French: Pic épeiche (Atlas), Pic épeiche [numidus ou mauritanus]
Galician: Picapau común (numidus/mauritanus)
Hebrew: נקר עקוד (אטלס)
Hungarian: Nagy kaopáncs (numidus/mauritanus)
Armenian: Խայտաբղետ փայտփոր (numidus/mauritanus)
Icelandic: Barrspæta (numidus/mauritanus)
Italian: Picchio rosso maggiore dell'Algeria
Japanese (romaji): akagera (numidus/mauritanus)
Japanese: アカゲラ (numidus/mauritanus), アカゲラ（numidus／mauritanus）
Scientific: Dendrocopos major [numidus or mauritanus], Dendrocopos major numidus, Dendrocopos major numidus/mauritanus, Dendrocopus major numidus/mauritanus, Picus lunatus, Picus numidus
Lithuanian: Didysis margasis genys (numidus/mauritanus)
Dutch: Grote Bonte Specht (numidus/mauritanus)
Norwegian: flaggspett (numidus/mauritanus)
Polish: dzięcioł duży (numidus/mauritanus)
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-pau-malhado (Atlas), Pica-pau-malhado (numidus/mauritanus)
Russian: Большой пёстрый дятел (numidus/mauritanus)
Slovak: ďateľ tuniský, ďateľ tuniský (skup.)
Slovenian: Veliki detel (numidus/mauritanus)
Serbian: Veliki detlić (numidus/mauritanus)
Swedish: större hackspett (numidus/mauritanus)
Turkish: Orman Alaca Ağaçkakanı (numidus/mauritanus)
Chinese: 大斑啄木鸟 (numidus/mauritanus)