Dot-fronted Woodpecker Dryobates frontalis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Hans Winkler and David Christie
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2002
Text last updated January 1, 2002
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | picot de corona pigada |
Czech | datel perločelý |
Dutch | Vlekkapspecht |
English | Dot-fronted Woodpecker |
English (United States) | Dot-fronted Woodpecker |
French | Pic étoilé |
French (France) | Pic étoilé |
German | Perlstirnspecht |
Japanese | モンキハゲラ |
Norwegian | jadespett |
Polish | dzięcioł falisty |
Russian | Жемчужнолобый дятел |
Serbian | Pirgavi zeleni detlić |
Slovak | ďateľ perlavočelý |
Spanish | Carpintero de las Yungas |
Spanish (Argentina) | Carpintero Oliva Yungueño |
Spanish (Spain) | Carpintero de las Yungas |
Swedish | yungasspett |
Turkish | Yungas Ağaçkakanı |
Ukrainian | Дзьоган болівійський |
Dryobates frontalis (Cabanis, 1883)
PROTONYM:
Cloronerpes (Campias) frontalis
Cabanis, 1883. Journal für Ornithologie 31, p.110.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Tucuman.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- DRYOBATES
- dryobates
- frontale / frontalis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
Introduction
Male and female Dot-fronted Woodpeckers both have white spotting on the forehead. Very little ecological information is known about these birds. They live on Andean slopes in dry woodlands, transitional forests, and humid forests. During the non-breeding season, some individuals move to lower elevations. Dot-fronted Woodpeckers forage close to the ground on trunks and small branches, but their diet has not yet been determined.
Field Identification
Systematics History
Subspecies
Distribution
Andes from Bolivia (Cochabamba, W Santa Cruz) S to NW Argentina (S to Tucumán).