Bay Woodpecker
Bay Woodpecker
Here the details of the Bay Woodpecker named bird below:
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Protonym: Picus Pyrrhotis J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 6 p.108
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Blythipicus
Taxonomy Code: baywoo1
Type Locality: Nepal.
Author: Hodgson
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
BLYTHIPICUS
(Picidae; Ϯ Maroon Woodpecker B. rubiginosus) Edward Blyth (1810-1873) English zoologist, Curator of Mus. of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta; L. picus woodpecker; "10. BLYTHIPICUS, Bp. — 98. rubiginosus, Sw. (porphyromelas, Boie.) — 99. pyrrhotis, Hodgs." (Bonaparte 1854); "Blythipicus Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, 2, 1854, p. 124. (Separately paged reprint, Consp. Vol. Zygodact., 1854, p. 9.) Type, by subsequent designation, Picus [i.e. Hemicircus] rubiginosus Swainson. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 94.)" (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 224).
Synon. Lepocestes, Phloistes, Plinthopicus, Pyrrhopicus, Venilia.
pyrrhotis
Gr. πυρρος purrhos flame-coloured, red < πυρ pur, πυρος puros fire; -ωτις -ōtis -eared < ους ous, ωτος ōtos ear (cf. πυρροτης purrhotēs redness of the hair).
SUBSPECIES
Bay Woodpecker (pyrrhotis)
SCI Name: Blythipicus pyrrhotis pyrrhotis
pyrrhotis
Gr. πυρρος purrhos flame-coloured, red < πυρ pur, πυρος puros fire; -ωτις -ōtis -eared < ους ous, ωτος ōtos ear (cf. πυρροτης purrhotēs redness of the hair).
Bay Woodpecker (sinensis)
SCI Name: Blythipicus pyrrhotis sinensis
sinense / sinensis
Mod. L. Sinensis Chinese < Sina China < Late L. Sinae Chinese < Gr. Σιναι Sinai Chinese. Also a frequent amendment for the toponyms chinensis and sinicus.
● ex “Grand Martinet de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1782 (unident.?Acridotheres sp.).
● ex “Chincou” of Levaillant 1796, pl. 12 (the “Schinkuh” of Forster 1798) (syn. Aegypius monachus).
● ex “Grand Duc de la Chine” of Mauduyt de la Varenne 1782-1787 (unident.?Bubo sp.).
● ex “Chinese Titmouse” of Latham 1783 (Chrysomma).
● ex “Galgulus sinensis” of Brisson 1760, “Rollier de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 620, “Rolle de la Chine” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Chinese Roller” of Latham 1781 (syn. Cissa chinensis).
● ex “Pie de Macao” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Macao Crow” of Latham 1787 (syn. Dendrocitta formosae).
● Erroneous TL. China (= New Guinea); ex “Perroquet de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 514, and “Perroquet vert” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Eclectus roratus pectoralis).
● ex “Chinese Heron” of Latham 1785 (Ixobrychus).
● ex "Mésange de Nanquin" of Sonnerat 1782, and “Chinese Tanager” of Latham 1783 (syn. Leiothrix lutea).
● ex “Turdus sinensis” of Brisson 1760, and “Chinese Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Leucodioptron canorum).
● ex “Gobe-mouches verdâtre de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Wreathed Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (Otocompsa).
● ex “Chinese Diver” of Latham 1785 (syn. Phalacrocorax carbo).
● ex “Bécassine de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 881, and “Cape Snipe, var. B” of Latham 1785 (syn. Rostratula benghalensis).
● ex “Chinese Nuthatch” of Latham 1781 (J. Gmelin, 1788, nom. oblit.; nec Sitta sinensis J. Verreaux, 1871).
● ex “Chinese Tern” of Latham 1785 (subsp. Sternula albifrons).
● ex “China Owl” of Latham 1801 (syn. Strix seloputo).
● ex “Kinck de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 617, “Kink” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Kink Oriole” of Latham 1782 (Sturnia).
● ex “Coucou bleu de la Chine” of Brisson 1760 (?syn. Urocissa erythrorhyncha).
● ex “Ortolan de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Chinese Bunting” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Tarin de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Chinese Siskin” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “China Warbler” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Chinese Jacana” of Latham 1785 (unident.).
Bay Woodpecker (annamensis)
SCI Name: Blythipicus pyrrhotis annamensis
annamense / annamensis
Annam Protectorate, French Indochina (= central Vietnam).
Bay Woodpecker (hainanus)
SCI Name: Blythipicus pyrrhotis hainanus
hainana / hainanensis / hainanum / hainanus
Hainan I., China.
Bay Woodpecker (cameroni)
SCI Name: Blythipicus pyrrhotis cameroni
cameroni
William Cameron (fl. 1885) British government surveyor in Malaya, who surveyed what became the Cameron Highlands hill-station (subsp. Blythipicus pyrrhotis).
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)