Gray-and-buff Woodpecker
Gray-and-buff Woodpecker
Here the details of the Gray-and-buff Woodpecker named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Picus concretus Pl.Col. livr.15 pl.90
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Hemicircus
Taxonomy Code: gabwoo3
Type Locality: Java.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1821
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
HEMICIRCUS
(Picidae; Ϯ Grey-and-buff Woodpecker H. concretus) Gr. ἡμι- hēmi- small < ἡμισυς hēmisus half; κερκος kerkos tail; "Hemicircus, Sw. Tail excessively short, and very broad. Neck short, very slender. Bill straight, considerably compressed. Lateral ridge slight, near to the margin. Nostrils concealed. Feet very large. Versatile toe always longer than the anterior. Wings nearly as long as the tail. India. H. concretus. Pl. Col. 90." (Swainson 1837); "Hemicircus Swainson, Classif. Bds., 2, 1837, p. 306. Type, by monotypy, H. concretus Pl. col. 90 = Picus concretus Temminck." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 223).
Var. Hemicercus.
Synon. Micropicos.
concreta / concretus
Mod. L. concretus large, sturdy, strong < Med. L. concretus concrete < L. concretus hard, thickened < concrescere to grow.
SUBSPECIES
Gray-and-buff Woodpecker (Gray-and-buff)
SCI Name: Hemicircus concretus sordidus
sordidum / sordidus
L. sordidus shabby, dirty < sordere to be dirty < sordes, sordis dirt.
● ex “Sordid Thrush” of Latham 1801 (syn. Artamus cyanopterus).
● "44. PSITTACUS. ... sordidus. 18. P. brachyurus subfuscus, gula cærulea, alis caudaque viridibus, rostro anoque rubris. Psittacus fuscus. Edw. av. 167. t. 167. Habitat in Mexico." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pionus).
Gray-and-buff Woodpecker (Red-crested)
SCI Name: Hemicircus concretus concretus
concreta / concretus
Mod. L. concretus large, sturdy, strong < Med. L. concretus concrete < L. concretus hard, thickened < concrescere to grow.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)