Picus canus

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,755 meters (0 to 5,758 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.1     Forest - Boreal   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Picus canus J. F. Gmelin, 1788

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 27-Dec-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Picus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 26 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. awokera (Japanese Green Woodpecker) · P. awokera awokera (Japanese Green Woodpecker) · P. canus (Black-Naped Green Woodpecker) · P. canus canus (Black-Naped Green Woodpecker) · P. chlorolophus (Lesser Yellow-Naped Woodpecker) · P. chlorolophus chlorolophus (Lesser Yellow-Naped Woodpecker) · P. erythropygius (Black-Headed Woodpecker) · P. erythropygius erythropygius (Black-Headed Woodpecker) · P. flavinucha (Greater Yellow-Naped Woodpecker) · P. flavinucha flavinucha (Greater Yellow-Naped Woodpecker) · P. mentalis (Checker-Throated Woodpecker) · P. mineaceus (Banded Red Woodpecker) · P. miniaceus (Banded Red Woodpecker) · P. miniaceus miniaceus (Banded Red Woodpecker) · P. puniceus (Crimson-Winged Woodpecker) · P. puniceus puniceus (Crimson-Winged Woodpecker) · (Red-Collared Woodpecker) · P. squamatus (Scaly-Bellied Woodpecker) · P. squamatus squamatus (Scaly-Bellied Woodpecker) · P. vaillantii (Levaillant's Green Woodpecker) · P. viridanus (Streak-Breasted Woodpecker) · P. viridis (European Green Woodpecker) · P. viridis viridis (Eurasian Green Woodpecker) · P. vittatus (Laced Green Woodpecker) · P. vittatus vittatus (Laced Green Woodpecker) · P. xanthopygaeus (Streak-Throated Woodpecker)

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• A guide to the birds of Nepal Christopher Helm (Publishers) Ltd. url p. 203.
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• A handbook of British birds, showing the distribution of the resident and migratory species in the British islands, with an index to the records of the rarer visitants, by J.E. Harting. .. London, J.C. Nimmo, 1901. url p. 119, p. 398, p. 516.
• A history of the birds of Europe: including all the species inhabiting the western palaearctic region / London: Published by the Author, 1871-1881. url p. 95.
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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Picus canus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• 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.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 06, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Bird Collection
• European Environment Agency, EUNIS
• GBIF-Sweden, Bird Ringing Centre in Sweden
• Institute of Nature Conservation PAS, National System of Proetcted Areas
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Ornithology Collection
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• National Science Museum of Korea, National Science Museum of Korea Bird
• Senckenberg, Collection Aves
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Birds
• University of Gdansk, Bird Migration Research Station, Ringing Data from the Bird Migration Research Station, University of Gdańsk
• Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, Upper Silesian Museum, Bird Observations

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 11565
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-686552
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554125
• IUCN ID: 232810
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 150124

Footnotes

1. Mean = 177.050 meters (580.873 feet), Standard Deviation = 190.550 based on 12,221 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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