Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Stierling's Woodpecker
Common Names in French:
Pic de Stierling
Common Names in German:
Stierlingspecht
Common Names in Japanese:
エリグロゲラ
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
It inhabits Brachystegia woodland almost exclusively2,
from lowland areas up to 1,500 m5. Its distribution
is limited even within this habitat
, although the reasons for this
are unclear2. It feeds
on insects and centipedes
in the middle
strata and canopy
, foraging
on branches 4-12 cm thick
and thus apparently avoiding competition
with Cardinal Woodpecker
D. fuscescens which feeds more often on twigs
and smaller
branches1. However, the opening-up of Brachystegia
woodland probably favours Cardinal Woodpecker over Stierling's Woodpecker3.
It nests
in tree
holes
, probably in July-October5.
[1].
List of Habitats:
- 2 Savanna
- 2.1 Savanna - Dry [more info]
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
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- 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:
stierlingi
- Reichenow 1901
- Scientific name: - Dendropicos stierlingi Reichenow, 1901 Reichenow 1901
- Specific name:
stierlingi
- Reichenow 1901
- Genus:
Dendropicos
(
- Subfamily:
Picinae
(
- Family:
Picidae
(
- Superfamily:
Picoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Picides
(
- Suborder:
Pici
(
- Order:
Piciformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
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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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2008. Dendropicos stierlingi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 11449
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-554015
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13837232
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554015
- IUCN ID: 204924
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4267
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2008. Dendropicos stierlingi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
