Ochre-backed Woodpecker Celeus ochraceus
Version: 1.0 — Published November 1, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Czech | datel okrovohřbetý |
English | Ochre-backed Woodpecker |
English (United States) | Ochre-backed Woodpecker |
French | Pic ocré |
French (France) | Pic ocré |
German | Blondschopfspecht |
Japanese | セアカテンニョゲラ |
Norwegian | okerspett |
Polish | dzięcioł ochrowy |
Portuguese (Brazil) | pica-pau-ocráceo |
Russian | Охристый дятел-гренадер |
Slovak | vlikáč okrový |
Spanish | Carpintero Ocráceo |
Spanish (Spain) | Carpintero ocráceo |
Swedish | ockraryggig kastanjespett |
Turkish | Sarı-Siyah Ağaçkakan |
Ukrainian | Ятла вохриста |
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Introduction
Ochre-backed Woodpecker formerly was classified as a subspecies of Blond-crested Woodpecker (Celeus flavescens). Both species have a blond, crested head, and the males of both have a large red moustachial stripe, while females have a less prominent black moustache. The body plumage differs significantly, however: Blond-crested is mostly black, with a buffy rump, and narrow buff bars across the wings and the back; but in Ochre-backed, the underparts are dusky, although the feathers are tipped with cinnamon-buff, and the upperparts are predominately cinnamon-buff, spotted or streaked with blackish. Different as they are, these two species are reported to hybridize in eastern Brazil in Espírito Santo and southern Bahia. A further complication is that one subspecies of Blond-crested Woodpecker, intercedens, which occurs in the interior of eastern Brazil, is intermediate in appearance between the two. subspecies. Ochre-backed Woodpecker is a poorly known species of Celeus, although its biology probably is similar to that of other members of the genus.