Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | picot de capell gris |
| Czech | datel šedotemenný |
| Dutch | Grijskruinspecht |
| English | Gray-crowned Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | Gray-crowned Woodpecker |
| French | Pic à tête grise |
| French (France) | Pic à tête grise |
| German | Graukappenspecht |
| Japanese | ハイガシラモリゲラ |
| Norwegian | gråkronespett |
| Polish | dzięcioł czerwonowąsy |
| Russian | Серошапочный дятел |
| Serbian | Sivoglava američka žuna |
| Slovak | vlikáč sivec |
| Spanish | Carpintero Cabecigrís |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Carpintero Corona Gris |
| Spanish (Spain) | Carpintero cabecigrís |
| Swedish | mexikansk hackspett |
| Turkish | Gri Başlıklı Ağaçkakan |
| Ukrainian | Дятел-смугань сіроголовий |
Colaptes auricularis (Salvin & Godman, 1889)
PROTONYM:
Chloronerpes auricularis
Salvin & Godman, 1889. Ibis, p.381.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Xautipa, Sierra Madre del Sur, Guerrero.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- COLAPTES
- auriculare / auricularis
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)
Gray-crowned Woodpecker Colaptes auricularis Scientific name definitions
Cara Thompson and C. J. Beardmore
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 25, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 25, 2014
Distribution
Introduction
Gray-crowned Woodpecker is a resident endemic to the Pacific slope of western Mexico from southern Sonora and Chihuahua to southern Oaxaca (Howell and Webb 1995). The range of Gray-crowned Woodpecker is approximately 203,000 km2 (BirdLife International 2014). The elevational range of this species is from near sea level up to 2400 m (Howell and Webb 1995).
Endemic to the Americas.
Historical Changes to the Distribution
None reported.
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Gray-crowned Woodpecker
