Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Baardspeg
Common Names in English:
Bearded Woodpecker
Common Names in German:
Namaspecht
Common Names in Japanese:
クロヒゲゲラ
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,163 meters (0 to 7,096 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Piciformes
()
- Meyer & Wolf, 1810
- Suborder:
Pici
()
- Meyer & Wolf, 1810
- Infraorder:
Picides
()
-
- Superfamily:
Picoidea
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Family:
Picidae
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Subfamily:
Picinae
()
- Genus:
Dendropicos
()
- Malherbe 1849
- Specific name:
namaquus
- (Lichtenstein, AAH) 1793
- Scientific name: - Dendropicos namaquus (Clancey, 1958) (Lichtenstein, AAH) 1793
- Specific name:
namaquus
- (Lichtenstein, AAH) 1793
- Genus:
Dendropicos
(
- Subfamily:
Picinae
(
- Family:
Picidae
(
- Superfamily:
Picoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Picides
(
- Suborder:
Pici
(
- Order:
Piciformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Dendropicos namaquus (A. A. H. Lichtenstein, 1793) • Dendropicos namaquus (Lichtenstein, 1793)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 27-Dec-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Dendropicos
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. abyssinicus (Gold-Mantled Woodpecker) · D. elachus (Little Gray Woodpecker) · D. elliotii (Elliot's Woodpecker) · D. elliotii elliotii (Elliot's Woodpecker) · D. fuscescens (Cardinal Woodpecker) · D. fuscescens fuscescens (Cardinal Woodpecker) · D. gabonensis (Gabon Woodpecker) · D. gabonensis gabonensis (Gabon Woodpecker) · D. goertae (African Grey Woodpecker) · D. goertae goertae (African Grey Woodpecker) · D. griseocephalus (African Gray-Headed Woodpecker) · D. griseocephalus griseocephalus (African Gray-Headed Woodpecker) · D. lugubris (Melancholy Woodpecker) · D. namaquus (Bearded Woodpecker) · D. namaquus namaquus (Bearded Woodpecker) · D. obsoletus (Brown-Backed Woodpecker) · D. obsoletus obsoletus (Brown-Backed Woodpecker) · D. poecilolaemus (Speckle-Breasted Woodpecker) · D. pyrrhogaster (Fire-Bellied Woodpecker) · D. stierlingi (Stierling's Woodpecker) · D. xantholophus (Golden-Crowned Woodpecker)
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 17, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 17, 2008:
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 11450
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-686148
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13837232
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554016
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 149876
Footnotes
- Mean = 964.050 meters (3,162.894 feet), Standard Deviation = 446.830 based on 6,299 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
