Ochre-backed Woodpecker Celeus ochraceus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Monotypic
Text last updated November 1, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Geelrugspeg |
| Bulgarian | Охрист кълвач |
| Catalan | picot ocre |
| Croatian | cimetastoglava žuna |
| Czech | datel okrovohřbetý |
| Dutch | Geelrugspecht |
| English | Ochre-backed Woodpecker |
| English (AVI) | Ochre-backed Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | Ochre-backed Woodpecker |
| Estonian | pernambuco tutträhn |
| Finnish | okratöyhtötikka |
| French | Pic ocré |
| French (Canada) | 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 |
| Serbian | Žutoglavi brazilski detlić |
| Slovak | vlikáč okrový |
| Spanish | Carpintero Ocráceo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Carpintero ocráceo |
| Swedish | ockraryggig kastanjespett |
| Turkish | Sarı-Siyah Ağaçkakan |
| Ukrainian | Ятла вохриста |
Celeus ochraceus (Spix, 1824)
Definitions
- CELEUS
- ochraceum / ochraceus
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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.
Subspecies
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding