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Little Spotted Woodpecker

Campethera cailliautii (Malherbe, A 1849)

The little spotted woodpecker or green-backed woodpecker, is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is native to large parts of tropical central Africa. It has an extensive range and is an uncommon species, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern". Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  (Malherbe, A 1849)

Reference:
   Rev. Mag. Zool. Pure Appl. (2), 1 p.540

Protonym:
  Chrysopicos Cailliautii

Type locality:
  Africa; Mombasa designated by C. H. B. Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 454, 455.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2343760

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  F234B7E3345BB820

Avibase ID:
  avibase-F234B7E3

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/F234B7E3

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554004

Geographic range:

  • Campethera cailliautii cailliautii: coastal southern Somalia through Kenya to northeastern Tanzania; Zanzibar
  • Campethera cailliautii nyansae: southwestern Ethiopia to southwestern Kenya, northwestern Tanzania, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northeastern Angola
  • Campethera cailliautii loveridgei: central Tanzania to far eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Little Spotted Woodpecker
Catalan:
Picot de Cailliaut
Czech:
datel zelenohřbetý
Danish:
Grønrygget Spætte
German:
Tüpfelspecht
Spanish:
Pito de Cailliaud
Finnish:
täplätikka
French:
Pic de Cailliaud
Croatian:
zelenoleđi djetlić
Italian:
Picchio dorsoverde
Japanese (romaji):
himeafurikaaogera
Japanese:
ヒメアフリカアオゲラ
Lithuanian:
Žalianugarė kampetera
Dutch:
Kleine Vlekrugspecht
Norwegian:
grønnryggspett
Polish:
dzięciolik zielonogrzbiety
Portuguese:
Pica-pau-de-dorso-verde
Portuguese (Portugal):
pica-pau-de-dorso-verde
Russian:
Пятнистая кампетера
Slovak:
žlna zelenochrbtá
Serbian:
Zelenoleđi detlić
Swedish:
prickspett
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):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pic de Cailliaut ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Green-backed Woodpecker (Spot-backed) ( Campethera cailliautii [cailliautii Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Green-backed Woodpecker (Spot-backed) ( Campethera cailliautii [cailliautii Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Green-backed Woodpecker (Spot-backed) ( Campethera cailliautii [cailliautii Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Green-backed Woodpecker (Spot-backed) ( Campethera cailliautii [cailliautii Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Green-backed Woodpecker (Spot-backed) ( Campethera cailliautii [cailliautii Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Green-backed Woodpecker (Spot-backed) ( Campethera cailliautii [cailliautii Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Green-backed Woodpecker (Spot-backed) ( Campethera cailliautii [cailliautii Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Green-backed Woodpecker (Spot-backed) ( Campethera cailliautii [cailliautii Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Green-backed Woodpecker (Spot-backed) ( Campethera maculosa [cailliautii Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Green-backed Woodpecker (Spot-backed) ( Campethera maculosa [cailliautii Group]) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Little Spotted Woodpecker ( Campethera cailliautii) [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Campethera cailliautii [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Campethera cailliautii [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Campethera cailliautii [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Campethera [cailliautii or permista] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Gevlekte Speg, Gevlekte Speg (Gevlekte)
Catalan: Picot de Cailliaut
Czech: Datel zelenohrbetý, datel zelenohřbetý
Danish: Grønrygget Spætte
German: Tüpfelspecht, Tüpfelspecht [cailliautii-Gruppe]
English: Green backed Woodpecker, Green-backed Woodpecker, Green-backed Woodpecker (Spot-backed), Grenn-backed woodpecker, Little Spotted Woodpecker, Little-spotted Woodpecker, Spotted Woodpecker
English, HBW: Little Spotted Woodpecker
English (IOC): Green-backed Woodpecker (Spot-backed)
English (Kenya): Green-backed Woodpecker
English (United States): Green-backed Woodpecker (Spot-backed)
Esperanto: Verddorsa kampetero
Spanish: Pico de Lomo Verde, Pito de Cailliaud, Pito de Cailliaud (grupo cailliautii)
Spanish (Spain): Pito de Cailliaud (grupo cailliautii)
Spanish (HBW): Green-backed Woodpecker (Spot-backed)
Estonian: väike-helmesrähn
Finnish: Täplätikka
French: Pic à dos vert, Pic de Cailliaud, Pic de Cailliaud [cailliautii], Pic de Cailliaut, Pic de Cailliaut [nominal]
Croatian: zelenoleđi djetlić
Italian: Picchio di Cailliaut, Picchio dorsoverde
Japanese (romaji): himeafurikaaogera, himeafurikaaogera (cailliautii guru-pu)
Japanese: ヒメアフリカアオゲラ, ヒメアフリカアオゲラ (cailliautii グループ), ヒメアフリカアオゲラ（cailliautii グループ）
Scientific: Campethera cailliautii, Campethera cailliautii [cailliautii Group], Campethera cailliautii cailliautii, Campethera maculosa [cailliautii Group], Chrysopicos Cailliautii
Lithuanian: Žalianugarė kampetera
Dutch: Groenrugspecht, Groenrugspecht (cailliautii groep), Kleine Vlekrugspecht
Norwegian: Grønnryggspett, grønnryggspett (cailliautii gr.)
Polish: dzieciolik zielonogrzbiety, dzięciolik zielonogrzbiety, dzięciolik zielonogrzbiety [gr. cailliautii]
Portuguese: Pica-pau-de-dorso-verde
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-pau-de-dorso-verde, pica-pau-de-dorso-verde [grupo cailliautii]
Russian: Зеленоспинный дятел [группа cailliautii], Пятнистая кампетера
Slovak: žlna zelenochrbtá, žlna zelenochrbtá (skup.)
Serbian: Zelenoleđi detlić
Swedish: Afrikansk grönspett, grönryggig hackspett [cailliautii Group], grönryggig hackspett [gruppen cailliautii], prickspett
Swahili: Kigong'ota Madoa
Turkish: Yeşil Sırtlı Ağaçkakan, Yeşil sırtlı ağaçkakan [cailliautii grubu]
Ukrainian: Дятлик зеленокрилий
Chinese: 绿背啄木鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲綠背啄木

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