Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Junior A. Tremblay, Rita D. Dixon, Victoria A. Saab, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 4, 2016
Text last updated October 4, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Черногърб трипръст кълвач |
| Catalan | picot garser àrtic |
| Czech | datlík černohřbetý |
| Dutch | Zwartrugspecht |
| English | Black-backed Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | Black-backed Woodpecker |
| French | Pic à dos noir |
| French (France) | Pic à dos noir |
| German | Schwarzrückenspecht |
| Icelandic | Bakkaspæta |
| Japanese | セグロミユビゲラ |
| Norwegian | svartryggspett |
| Polish | dzięcioł północny |
| Russian | Черноспинный трёхпалый дятел |
| Serbian | Crnoleđi troprsti detlić |
| Slovak | ďubník čiernochrbtý |
| Spanish | Pico Ártico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pico ártico |
| Swedish | svartryggig hackspett |
| Turkish | Kara Sırtlı Ağaçkakan |
| Ukrainian | Дятел північний |
Picoides arcticus (Swainson, 1832)
PROTONYM:
Picus (Apternus) arcticus
Swainson, 1832. Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. Part second, the birds 2(1831), p.313.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Near the sources of the Athabasca River, lat. 57° N., eastern slope of the Rockies.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PICOIDES
- picoides
- arcticus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Black-backed Woodpecker.
This species may periodically irrupt south of distribution shown.
