Picus [viridis, sharpei or vaillantii] (Eurasian Green, Iberian or Levaillant's Woodpecker)

Eurasian Green, Iberian or Levaillant's Woodpecker

Picus [viridis, sharpei or vaillantii] (= Picus viridis) Linnaeus, C 1758

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Classification

Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Picus
Scientific:
  Picus viridis

Original description

Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.113

Protonym:
Picus viridis

Type locality:
Europe, = Sweden ex Fn. Suec.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/131/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
E4E2126C21D66977

Avibase ID:
avibase-E4E2126C

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/E4E2126C

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554121

Geographic range:

Picus viridis viridis: Britain southward to France, Alps, the northern Balkans and Romania
Picus viridis karelini: southeastern Europe to Türkiye, northern Iran, and southwestern Turkmenistan
Picus viridis innominatus: Zagros Mountains (southwestern Iran)
Picus sharpei: Iberian Peninsula and the Pyrénées
Picus vaillantii: mountains of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Eurasian Green, Iberian or Levaillant's Woodpecker
French:
Pic vert ou P. de Levaillant

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Eurasian Green, Iberian or Levaillant's Woodpecker ( Picus [viridis, sharpei or vaillantii])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Eurasian Green, Iberian or Levaillant's Woodpecker ( Picus [viridis, sharpei or vaillantii])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Eurasian Green, Iberian or Levaillant's Woodpecker ( Picus [viridis, sharpei or vaillantii])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Eurasian Green, Levaillant's or Iberian Woodpecker ( Picus [viridis or vaillantii])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Eurasian Green, Levaillant's or Iberian Woodpecker ( Picus [viridis or vaillantii])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Eurasian Green, Levaillant's or Iberian Woodpecker ( Picus [viridis, sharpei or vaillantii])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Eurasian Green, Levaillant's or Iberian Woodpecker ( Picus [viridis, sharpei or vaillantii])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Eurasian Green, Levaillant's or Iberian Woodpecker ( Picus [viridis, sharpei or vaillantii])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Eurasian Green, Levaillant's or Iberian Woodpecker ( Picus [viridis, sharpei or vaillantii])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Eurasian Green, Levaillant's or Iberian Woodpecker ( Picus [viridis, sharpei or vaillantii])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Eurasian Green, Iberian or Levaillant's Woodpecker ( Picus [viridis, sharpei or vaillantii])
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Green Woodpecker ( Picus viridis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Eurasian Green Woodpecker ( Picus viridis) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Picus [viridis x vaillantii] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Asturian: Picaniellu
Azerbaijani: Yaşıl ağacdələn
Belarusian: Зялёная жаўна
Bulgarian: Зелен кълвач
Breton: Ar gazeg-koad
Catalan: Picot verd
Czech: Žluna zelená
Welsh: Caseg wanwen, Cnocell werdd, Cnocell y coed, Coblyn gwyrdd, Taradr y coed, Tyllwr y coed
Danish: Grønspætte
German: Grünspecht
Greek: Δρυοκολάπτης, Πράσινος Δρυοκολάπτης
English: Eurasian Green Woodpecker, Eurasian Green, Iberian or Levaillant's Woodpecker, Eurasian Green, Levaillant's or Iberian Woodpecker, European Green Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker
Esperanto: verda pego
Spanish: Pito Real
Estonian: aafrika roherähn (aafrika meltsas), meltsas, Roherähn
Basque: Okil berdea, Picot verd
Finnish: Vihertikka
Faroese: Sponspæta, Spónspæta
French: Pic vert, Pic vert ou P. de Levaillant
Frisian: griene spjocht
Irish: Cnagaire Glas
Gaelic: Lasair Choille, Snagarach
Galician: Peto verde, Picot verd
Manx: Snoggeyder Glass
Hebrew: נקר ירוק
Hungarian: Zöld küllo, Zöld küllõ
Armenian: [Kanach Paytpor ], Կանաչ Փայտփոր
Icelandic: Laufspæta
Italian: Picchio verde
Japanese (romaji): morokkoaogera
Japanese: モロッコアオゲラ
Georgian: მწვანე კოდალა
Scientific: Picus [viridis or vaillantii], Picus [viridis, sharpei or vaillantii], Picus viridis, Picus viridis viridis
Luxembourgish: Grénge Spiecht
Lithuanian: Žalioji meleta
Latvian: zala dzilna
Macedonian: Зелен клукајдрвец
Maltese: Bulebbiet Aħdar
Dutch: Groene Specht
Norwegian: Berberspett, Grønnspett, Gulspett, Løvspett
Polish: dzięcioł zielony
Portuguese: peto verde, Peto-verde, Pica-pau-verde
Romansh: Pitgalain verd
Romanian: ciocanitoare verde
Russian: Дятел зеленый, Зеленый дятел , Зелёный дятел
Slovak: Žlna zelená
Slovenian: zelena žolna
Albanian: Qukapiku i gjelbër
Serbian: Zelena žunja, Зелена жунја
Swedish: Gröngöling, Gröngölning
Turkmen: yeşil ağaçkakan
Turkish: Yeşil Ağaçkakan, Yeşil Aşaçkakan
Ukrainian: Жовна зелена , Зелений дятел
Chinese: 绿啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 黑枕綠啄木