Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Junior A. Tremblay, Rita D. Dixon, Victoria A. Saab, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 4, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 4, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Черногърб трипръст кълвач |
| Czech | datlík černohřbetý |
| Dutch | Zwartrugspecht |
| English | Black-backed Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | Black-backed Woodpecker |
| French | Pic à dos noir |
| French (French Guiana) | Pic à dos noir |
| German | Schwarzrückenspecht |
| Icelandic | Bakkaspæta |
| Japanese | セグロミユビゲラ |
| Norwegian | svartryggspett |
| Polish | dzięcioł północny |
| Russian | Черноспинный трёхпалый дятел |
| Serbian | Crnoleđi troprsti detlić |
| Slovak | ďubník čiernochrbtý |
| Spanish | Pico Ártico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pico ártico |
| Swedish | svartryggig hackspett |
| Turkish | Kara Sırtlı Ağaçkakan |
| Ukrainian | Дятел північний |
Picoides arcticus (Swainson, 1832)
PROTONYM:
Picus (Apternus) arcticus
Swainson, 1832. FaunaBor.-Am.[Swainson&Richardson] 2(1831), p.313.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Near the sources of the Athabasca River, lat. 57° N., eastern slope of the Rockies.
Definitions
- PICOIDES
- picoides
- arcticus
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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 Black-backed Woodpecker.
This species may periodically irrupt south of distribution shown.