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
Priorities for Future Research
Introduction
Gray-crowned Woodpecker is a very poorly studied Neotropical bird. A priority for research is to obtain life history, demographic, and ecological information on the species: there is almost no information on its diet or reproductive biology, nor on such topics as life span and survivorship, dispersal, population regulation, territoriality, and population density. This is a species of high concern to Mexico and it appears to be vulnerable to human disturbance, so it would be beneficial to collect data on how Gray-crowned Woodpecker responds to particular kinds of disturbance.
