Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Stierling's Woodpecker
Common Names in German:
Stierlingspecht
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
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- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
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- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Piciformes
()
- Woodpeckers
- Genus:
Dendropicos
()
- Malherbe 1849 Mem.Acad.R.Metz 30 p.316,338
- Specific name:
stierlingi
- Reichenow 1901 Orn.Monatsb. 9 p.166
- Scientific name: - Dendropicos stierlingi Reichenow 1901
- Specific name:
stierlingi
- Reichenow 1901 Orn.Monatsb. 9 p.166
- Genus:
Dendropicos
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- Order:
Piciformes
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- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 27-Dec-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Dendropicos
There are approximately 71 species in this genus:
D. abyssinicus (Gold-Mantled Woodpecker) · D. cardinalis · D. elachus (Little Grey Woodpecker) · D. elliotii (Elliot's Woodpecker) · D. elliotii elliotii (Elliot's Woodpecker) · D. elliotii gabela · D. elliotii johnstoni · D. elliotii kupeensis · D. fuscenscens · D. fuscescens (Cardinal Woodpecker) · D. fuscescens capriviensis · D. fuscescens centralis · D. fuscescens cosensi · D. fuscescens fuscescens (Cardinal Woodpecker) · D. fuscescens hartlaubi · D. fuscescens hartlaubii · D. fuscescens hemprichii · D. fuscescens intermedius · D. fuscescens lafresnayi · D. fuscescens lepidus · D. fuscescens massaicus · D. fuscescens natalensis · D. fuscescens orangensis · D. fuscescens sharpii · D. fuscescens transvaalensis · D. gabonensis (Gabon Woodpecker) · D. gabonensis gabonensis (Gabon Woodpecker) · D. gabonensis lugubris · D. gabonensis reichenowi · D. goertae (African Grey Woodpecker) · D. goertae abessinicus · D. goertae centralis · D. goertae goertae (African Grey Woodpecker) · D. goertae koenigi · D. goertae meridionalis · D. goertae rhodeogaster · D. goertae spodocephalus · D. griseocephalus (African Gray-Headed Woodpecker) · D. griseocephalus griseocephalus (African Gray-Headed Woodpecker) · D. griseocephalus kilimensis · D. griseocephalus ruwenzori · D. guineensis · D. guineensis centralis · D. guineensis massaicus · D. guineensis stresemanni · D. guineensis zechi · D. hartlaubi · D. lafresnayei · D. lafresnayi · D. lafresnayi adamauae · D. lafresnayi lafresnayi · D. lafresnayi lepidus · D. lafresnayi loandae · D. lugubris · D. namaquus (Bearded Woodpecker) · D. namaquus coalescens · D. namaquus namaquus (Bearded Woodpecker) · D. namaquus schoensis · D. obsoletus (Brown-Backed Woodpecker) · D. obsoletus camerunensis · D. obsoletus crateri · D. obsoletus heuglini · D. obsoletus ingens · D. obsoletus kirensis · D. obsoletus obsoletus (Brown-Backed Woodpecker) · D. poecilolaemus (Speckle-Breasted Woodpecker) · D. pyrrhogaster (Fire-Bellied Woodpecker) · D. spodocephalus rhodeogaster · D. stierlingi (Stierling's Woodpecker) · D. tropicalis · D. xantholophus (Yellow-Crested Woodpecker)
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Further Reading
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.
- Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
- IUCN. 2002. 2002 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 8 October 2002.
- Orn. Monatsber. 9: 166
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- 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.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3854125
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-554015
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13833896
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554015
- IUCN ID: 6481
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4267
