Doerries' pygmy woodpecker
| Doerries' pygmy woodpecker | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Picoides |
| Species: | P. canicapillus |
| Subspecies: | P. c. doerriesi |
| Trinomial name | |
| Picoides canicapillus doerriesi (Hargitt, 1881) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Iyngipicus doerriesi | |
The Doerries' pygmy woodpecker (Picoides canicapillus doerriesi) is an Asian bird subspecies of the woodpecker family (Picidae) and species P. canicapillus.
It is a subspecies of the grey-capped pygmy woodpecker, with key differences in the color of its feathers and body. Adult individuals typically reach 18 centimetres (7.1 in) in length. The sides of the head and eyebrows have broad patches of intense white, and the wing coverts contain large clear white patterns that form conspicuous patches. The underparts of the wing are pale with five white stripes. The cock has a grey crown and two small red stripes featuring prominently above the eyebrows.[3]
The first specimens of this subspecies were found on the island of Askold, located in eastern Siberia. They were collected and later classified under the name Iyngipicus doerriesi.[3]
John Gould obtained two specimens that he used to draw a lithograph for his collection. They were a cock from Henry Seebohm and a hen from Edward Hargitt, who was the first to write a description of the species in 1881.[2][3]
The woodpecker is named after Fritz Doerries, a German lepidopterist, collector, and explorer of Siberia, where the bird was first discovered.[2]
The subspecies' geographic distribution spans from eastern Siberia (Ussuriland), southeastern Manchuria (Heilongjiang and Jilin), and the Korean peninsula.[4] Individuals of this species live in open woods and cultivated lands (usually inland), and are believed to be extant throughout their range.[3]
As part of Picoides canicapillus, which along with P. temminckii, P. kizuki, P. maculatus, P. ramsayi, P. nanus, and P. moluccensis, was previously placed in the genus Dendrocopos, it has been placed within the Picoides genus after molecular studies indicated that they all formed a separate clade of diminutive species, a sister to the P. tridactylus clade.[5][6] Many ornithological authorities have yet to recognize this development, with the noted exception of the Handbook of the Birds of the World, which recognized the new taxonomic classification in 2014.[7]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Dendrocopos canicapillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (28 August 2014). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 347. ISBN 978-1-4729-0574-1. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Rutgers, A. (1968). Birds of Asia. Taplinger Publishing Co., Inc. pp. 132–133. ISBN 978-0800807702.
- ↑ "Picoides canicapillus doerriesi". Handbook of the Birds of the World. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ↑ Moore, William S.; Weibel, Amy C.; Agius, Andrea (2006). "Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of the woodpecker genus Veniliornis (Picidae, Picinae) and related genera implies convergent evolution of plumage patterns" (PDF). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 87: 611–624. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00586.x.
- ↑ "Grey-capped Woodpecker (Picoides canicapillus) - Taxonomy". Handbook of the Birds of the World. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ↑ del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. (2014). HBW and Birdlife International: Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World 1 (lll ed.). Lynx Edicions BirdLife International. ISBN 978-8496553941. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
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