White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos Scientific name definitions
- Names (43)
- Subspecies (12)
Jean-Louis Grangé
Version: 3.0 — Published August 4, 2023
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Qukapiku larosh kurrizbardhë |
| Armenian | Սպիտակամեջք փայտփոր |
| Asturian | Picatueru de llombu blancu |
| Azerbaijani | Ağbel ağacdələn |
| Basque | Okil gibelnabarra |
| Bulgarian | Белогърб кълвач |
| Catalan | picot garser dorsiblanc |
| Chinese | 大赤啄木 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白背啄木鸟 |
| Croatian | planinski djetlić |
| Czech | strakapoud bělohřbetý |
| Danish | Hvidrygget Flagspætte |
| Dutch | Witrugspecht |
| English | White-backed Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | White-backed Woodpecker |
| Finnish | valkoselkätikka |
| French | Pic à dos blanc |
| French (France) | Pic à dos blanc |
| Galician | Picapau de dorso branco |
| German | Weißrückenspecht |
| Greek | Λευκονώτης Δρυοκολάπτης |
| Hebrew | נקר לבן-גב |
| Hungarian | Fehérhátú fakopáncs |
| Icelandic | Drumbspæta |
| Italian | Picchio dorsobianco |
| Japanese | オオアカゲラ |
| Korean | 큰오색딱다구리 |
| Latvian | Baltmugurdzenis |
| Lithuanian | Baltanugaris margasis genys |
| Mongolian | Хондлой цагаан тоншуул |
| Norwegian | hvitryggspett |
| Polish | dzięcioł białogrzbiety |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pica-pau-de-dorso-branco |
| Romanian | Ciocănitoare cu spate alb |
| Russian | Белоспинный дятел |
| Serbian | Planinski detlić |
| Slovak | ďateľ bielochrbtý |
| Slovenian | Belohrbti detel |
| Spanish | Pico Dorsiblanco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pico dorsiblanco |
| Swedish | vitryggig hackspett |
| Turkish | Ak Sırtlı Ağaçkakan |
| Ukrainian | Дятел білоспинний |
Revision Notes
Jean-Louis Grangé revised the account. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Guy Kirwan contributed to the Systematics page. Peter F. D. Boesman contributed to the Sounds and Vocal Behavior page. JoAnn Hackos, Robin K. Murie, and Daphne R. Walmer copy edited the account. Leo Gilman copy-edited the references. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media. Dimitris Salas generated the map.
Dendrocopos leucotos (Bechstein, 1802)
PROTONYM:
Picus leucotos
Bechstein, 1802. Ornithologisches Taschenbuch von und für Deutschland (etc.) 1, p.66,pl.,fig.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Silesia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- DENDROCOPOS
- leucotos
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the White-backed Woodpecker
