Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Subspecies (6)
Jerome A. Jackson and Henri R. Ouellet
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 5, 2018
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 5, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | strakapoud osikový |
Dutch | Donsspecht |
English | Downy Woodpecker |
English (United States) | Downy Woodpecker |
French | Pic mineur |
French (French Guiana) | 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 Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1, p.175.
TYPE LOCALITY:
North America, = South Carolina.
Definitions
- DRYOBATES
- dryobates
- pubescens
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Figure 1. Distribution of the Downy Woodpecker.