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Green-backed Woodpecker (permista)
Campethera maculosa permista (Reichenow, A 1876)
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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Piciformes
Family:
Picidae
Genus:
Campethera
Scientific:
Campethera maculosa permista
Classification
Order:Piciformes
Family:
Picidae
Genus:
Campethera
Scientific:
Campethera maculosa permista
Original description
Citation:
(Reichenow, A 1876)
Reference:
J. f. Orn.
24, no.133 p.97
Protonym:
Picus (Campothera) permistus
Type locality:
Gold Coast, Cameroons and Gaboon = Gaboon ex Malherbe, Monogr. Picidees, 2, 1862, p. 152.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101769#page/111/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
DE1B98E23AF59288
Avibase ID:
avibase-DE1B98E2
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/DE1B98E2
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 686127
Geographic range:
- Campethera maculosa permista: eastern Ghana eastward to far southwestern South Sudan and southwestern Uganda, southward to northern Angola, and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Source: Clements checklist
Green-backed Woodpecker (permista)
French:
Pic barré (permista)
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Green-backed Woodpecker (permista) ( Campethera maculosa permista) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera permista) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera permista) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Green-backed Woodpecker (permista) ( Campethera maculosa permista) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera permista) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera permista) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera permista) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera permista) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera permista) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera permista) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera permista) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera permista) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Campethera maculosa permista [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Pic à dos vert ( Campethera permista) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera permista) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Campethera maculosa permista [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Campethera maculosa permista [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Campethera maculosa permista [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Green-backed Woodpecker ( Campethera permista) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Green-backed Woodpecker (Plain-backed) ( Campethera cailliautii permista) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Green-backed Woodpecker (Plain-backed) ( Campethera cailliautii permista) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Green-backed Woodpecker (Plain-backed) ( Campethera cailliautii permista) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Green-backed Woodpecker (Plain-backed) ( Campethera cailliautii permista) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Green-backed Woodpecker (Plain-backed) ( Campethera cailliautii permista) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Green-backed Woodpecker (Plain-backed) ( Campethera cailliautii permista) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Green-backed Woodpecker (Plain-backed) ( Campethera cailliautii permista) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Green-backed Woodpecker (Plain-backed) ( Campethera cailliautii permista) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Green-backed Woodpecker (Plain-backed) ( Campethera maculosa permista) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Green-backed Woodpecker (Plain-backed) ( Campethera maculosa permista) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Green-backed Woodpecker (Plain-backed) ( Campethera maculosa permista) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Campethera maculosa permista [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Campethera maculosa permista [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Campethera permista [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Campethera permista [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Campethera permista [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Campethera cailliautii permista [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies
This taxon is a subspecies of
Campethera maculosa [cailliautii or permista]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Gevlekte Speg (Groenrug)
Bulgarian: Петнист кълвач (ssp. permista)
Catalan: picot aladaurat (permista)
Czech: datel čabrakový (ssp. permista)
Danish: Lille Grøn Spætte (Stribet Spætte), Stribet Spætte
German: Tüpfelspecht, Tüpfelspecht (permista)
English: Green-backed Woodpecker, Green-backed Woodpecker (permista), Green-backed Woodpecker (Plain-backed), Little Spotted Woodpecker
English (Avilist): Green-backed Woodpecker (Plain-backed)
English, HBW: Little Green Woodpecker (Plain-backed)
English (IOC): Green-backed Woodpecker (Plain-backed)
English (United States): Green-backed Woodpecker (Plain-backed)
Spanish: Pito de Cailliaud (permista)
Spanish (Spain): Pito de Cailliaud (permista)
Spanish (HBW): Green-backed Woodpecker (Plain-backed)
Estonian: ginea helmesrähn (ssp. permista)
Finnish: guineantäplätikka (permista)
French: Pic à dos vert, Pic barré (permista), Pic de Cailliaud (à dos vert), Pic de Cailliaud (permista), Pic de Cailliaut (à dos vert)
French (Guyane): Pic de Cailliaud (permista)
Croatian: pjegavoglavi djetlić (permista)
Japanese (romaji): himeafurikaaogera (permista)
Japanese: ヒメアフリカアオゲラ (permista), ヒメアフリカアオゲラ（permista）
Scientific: Campethera cailliautii angolensis, Campethera cailliautii permista, Campethera cailliautii togoensis, Campethera maculosa permista, Campethera permista, Campethera permista permista, Campethera permista togoensis, Dendromus permistus angolensis, Dendromus permistus togoensis, Picus permistus
Dutch: Groenrugspecht (permista)
Norwegian: grønnryggspett (permista)
Polish: dzięciolik zielonogrzbiety (permista), dzieciolik zielonoskrzydly, dzięciolik zielonoskrzydły
Portuguese (Angola): Pica-pau-de-dorso-verde (permista)
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-pau-de-dorso-verde (permista)
Russian: Зеленоспинный дятел (permista)
Slovak: žlna pláštiková, žlna pláštiková (skup.)
Serbian: Obični zelenoleđi detlić
Swedish: grönryggig hackspett (permista)
Turkish: Yeşil sırtlı ağaçkakan (permista)
Ukrainian: Дятлик зеленокрилий (підвид permista)
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