Little Woodpecker Dryobates passerinus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Subspecies (9)
Hans Winkler and David Christie
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 12, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 12, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | picot menut |
| Czech | datel vrabčí |
| Dutch | Musspecht |
| English | Little Woodpecker |
| English (United States) | Little Woodpecker |
| French | Pic passerin |
| French (France) | Pic passerin |
| German | Sperlingsspecht |
| Japanese | ヒメハゲラ |
| Norwegian | spurvespett |
| Polish | dzięcioł jarzębaty |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pica-pau-pequeno |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Picapauzinho-anão |
| Russian | Воробьиный дятел |
| Serbian | Obični zeleni detlić |
| Slovak | ďateľ vrabčí |
| Spanish | Carpintero Chico |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Carpintero Oliva Chico |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Carpintero Chico |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Carpinterito oliváceo |
| Spanish (Peru) | Carpintero Chico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Carpintero chico |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Carpintero Oliváceo |
| Swedish | sparvspett |
| Turkish | Yazılı Küçük Ağaçkakan |
| Ukrainian | Дзьоган малий |
Dryobates passerinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Picus passerinus
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.174.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Dominica, error := Cayenne, by designation of Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 9, 1902, p. 93.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- DRYOBATES
- dryobates
- passerinum / passerinus
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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)
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Little Woodpecker