Eastern Grey Woodpecker
Dendropicos spodocephalus(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
English (US) Eastern Gray Woodpecker
UK name: Eastern Grey Woodpecker
The Eastern Grey Woodpecker (Dendropicos spodocephalus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Picidae (Woodpeckers) in the order Piciformes.
- Scientific name
- Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Eastern Gray Woodpecker
- English (UK)
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Dendropicos spodocephalus spodocephalus
- Dendropicos spodocephalus rhodeogaster
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Dendrobates spodocephalus
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
- Type locality
- Africa occid.; West Africa = East Africa, i.e. Shoa, ex Rüppell, Vog. N.-O. Afr., p. 86.
- Original description
- Conspectus generum avium 1 p.125
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Abyssinian Woodpecker
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