Strickland woodpecker
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The Strickland woodpecker ( Leuconotopicus stricklandi ) is a medium-sized bird in the subfamily of the real woodpeckers that is endemic to Mexico .
Appearance
The Strickland woodpecker is about 20 centimeters long, its plumage is mostly brown and white. The upper back plumage is brown, the trunk darker. The underside of the bird is spotted white-brown. The Strickland woodpecker usually has three white stripes on the wings and two white stripes on the face, which connect to another stripe on the neck.
Subspecies
The Strickland woodpecker is considered to be monotypical . It only occurs in central Mexico .
Etymology and history of research
Alfred Malherbe described the Strickland woodpecker under the name Picus (Leuconotopicus) Stricklandi . The type specimen was collected in Mexico and generously made available to Malherbe by Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811-1853) during a stay in London. The species name is also dedicated to him. The genus Leuconotopicus was introduced with the new species. The name is a Greek word from "leukos λευκος " for "white", "nōton νωτον " for "black" and "pikos πικος " for "woodpecker". Occasionally it is listed in the literature under the genus Picoides Lacepede , 1799.
literature
- James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
- Alfred Malherbe: Description de trois espèces nouvelles du genre Picus, Linné . In: Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne . tape 8 , 1845, p. 373-377 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
Web links
- Leuconotopicus stricklandi inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017.3. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- BirdLife International: Species Factsheet - Strickland's Woodpecker ( Leuconotopicus stricklandi ) . Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Strickland's Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus stricklandi) in the Internet Bird Collection
- Strickland Woodpecker ( Picoides stricklandi ) at Avibase; accessed on January 23, 2018.
- Picoides stricklandi in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
- xeno-canto: Sound recordings - Strickland's Woodpecker ( Picoides stricklandi )
- Arizona Woodpecker (Picoides stricklandi) in the Encyclopedia of Life . Retrieved January 23, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ^ World Bird List Woodpeckers
- ↑ Alfred Malherbe, p. 374.
- ↑ James A. Jobling p. 224.