Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Subspecies (6)
Jerome A. Jackson and Henri R. Ouellet
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 5, 2018
Text last updated October 5, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | picot garser beccurt |
| Czech | strakapoud osikový |
| Dutch | Donsspecht |
| English | Downy Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | Downy Woodpecker |
| French | Pic mineur |
| French (France) | Pic mineur |
| German | Dunenspecht |
| Icelandic | Stuttspæta |
| Japanese | セジロコゲラ |
| Norwegian | dunspett |
| Polish | dzięcioł kosmaty |
| Russian | Пушистый дятел |
| Serbian | Američki mali detlić |
| Slovak | ďateľ ozdobný |
| Spanish | Pico Pubescente |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Carpintero Albinegro Menor |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pico pubescente |
| Swedish | dunspett |
| Turkish | Yumuşak Tüylü Ağaçkakan |
| Ukrainian | Дятел пухнастий |
Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Picus pubescens
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.175.
TYPE LOCALITY:
North America, = South Carolina.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- DRYOBATES
- dryobates
- pubescens
The Key to Scientific Names
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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)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Downy Woodpecker.
