Classification

Original description

Citation:
  Gmelin, JF 1788

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Picus canus

Type locality:
  Norway, Russia, Siberia and Switzerland ; restricted type locality, Norway ex Brisson.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10285#page/446/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  FC68F0469620899B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-FC68F046

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/FC68F046

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554125

Geographic range:

• Picus canus canus: Europe (southern Scandinavia and France) to western Siberia
• Picus canus [jessoensis or griseoviridis]: eastern Siberia to northeastern China, Korea, Sakhalin, and Hokkaido
• Picus canus guerini: north-central China (central Sichuan to Yangtze River basin)
• Picus canus hessei: Nepal and northern India to Myanmar, southern China, Thailand, and Vietnam
• Picus canus kogo: central China (Shaanxi to Qinghai and northern Sichuan)
• Picus canus sanguiniceps: northeastern Pakistan to northern India and far western Nepal
• Picus canus sobrinus: southeastern China (Guangxi to Fujian) and northeastern Vietnam
• Picus canus tancolo: Hainan and Taiwan
• Picus canus sordidior: southeastern Tibet to southwestern China (Sichuan and Yunnan) and northeastern Myanmar
• Picus canus robinsoni: southern Thai-Malay Peninsula (Gunung Tahan and Cameron highlands)
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