Hairy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Here the details of the Hairy Woodpecker named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Picus villosus Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.175
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Dryobates
Taxonomy Code: haiwoo
Type Locality: North America = Raccoon, New Jersey.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
DRYOBATES
(Picidae; Ϯ Downy Woodpecker D. pubescens) Gr. δρυς drus, δρυος druos tree; βατης batēs walker < βατεω bateō to tread < βαινω bainō to walk; "XXIX. Fam. Picidae ... Dryobates: Picus pubescens Gm. u. s. w." (Boie 1826); “In the 1st edition of the List and in the Cat. Birds B. M. the generic name Dendrocopus is used. This was first introduced by Koch [Dendrocopos 1816] ... for the Spotted Woodpeckers. The same name, however, had previously been used by Vieillot [1816] ... The type of Vieillot’s Dendrocopus is either “le Picucule” or “le Talapiot” of Daubenton, now known respectively as Dendrocolaptes certhia (Bodd.) and Dendroplex picus (Gmel.), both of which belong to the family Dendrocolaptidae. Dendrocopus cannot therefore be used for the Spotted Woodpeckers.” (BOU 1915); "Dryobates Boie, Isis von Oken, 1826, Bd. 2, col. 977. Type, by monotypy, Picus pubescens Linné." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 180).
Synon. Hyloscopus.
dryobates
Gr. δρυς drus, δρυος druos tree; βατης batēs walker < βατεω bateō to tread < βαινω bainō to walk.
villosa / villosus
L. villosus hairy < villus shaggy hair.
● “Hairy Wood-pecker ... the back is black, with a broad white stripe of hairy feathers, extending down the middle to the rump” (Catesby 1731); "59. PICUS. ... villosus. 16. P. dorso longitudinali subvilloso, rectricibus extimis totis albis. Kalm. it. 3. p. 43. Picus varius medius quasi villosus. Catesb. car. I. p. 19. t. 19. Picus varius virginianus. Briss. av. 4. p. 48. Habitat in America septentrionali. Mas occipitis fascia transversa rubra." (Linnaeus 1766) (Leuconotopicus).
SUBSPECIES
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)
SCI Name: Dryobates villosus [villosus Group]
DRYOBATES
(Picidae; Ϯ Downy Woodpecker D. pubescens) Gr. δρυς drus, δρυος druos tree; βατης batēs walker < βατεω bateō to tread < βαινω bainō to walk; "XXIX. Fam. Picidae ... Dryobates: Picus pubescens Gm. u. s. w." (Boie 1826); “In the 1st edition of the List and in the Cat. Birds B. M. the generic name Dendrocopus is used. This was first introduced by Koch [Dendrocopos 1816] ... for the Spotted Woodpeckers. The same name, however, had previously been used by Vieillot [1816] ... The type of Vieillot’s Dendrocopus is either “le Picucule” or “le Talapiot” of Daubenton, now known respectively as Dendrocolaptes certhia (Bodd.) and Dendroplex picus (Gmel.), both of which belong to the family Dendrocolaptidae. Dendrocopus cannot therefore be used for the Spotted Woodpeckers.” (BOU 1915); "Dryobates Boie, Isis von Oken, 1826, Bd. 2, col. 977. Type, by monotypy, Picus pubescens Linné." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 180).
Synon. Hyloscopus.
Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific)
SCI Name: Dryobates villosus [harrisi Group]
DRYOBATES
(Picidae; Ϯ Downy Woodpecker D. pubescens) Gr. δρυς drus, δρυος druos tree; βατης batēs walker < βατεω bateō to tread < βαινω bainō to walk; "XXIX. Fam. Picidae ... Dryobates: Picus pubescens Gm. u. s. w." (Boie 1826); “In the 1st edition of the List and in the Cat. Birds B. M. the generic name Dendrocopus is used. This was first introduced by Koch [Dendrocopos 1816] ... for the Spotted Woodpeckers. The same name, however, had previously been used by Vieillot [1816] ... The type of Vieillot’s Dendrocopus is either “le Picucule” or “le Talapiot” of Daubenton, now known respectively as Dendrocolaptes certhia (Bodd.) and Dendroplex picus (Gmel.), both of which belong to the family Dendrocolaptidae. Dendrocopus cannot therefore be used for the Spotted Woodpeckers.” (BOU 1915); "Dryobates Boie, Isis von Oken, 1826, Bd. 2, col. 977. Type, by monotypy, Picus pubescens Linné." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 180).
Synon. Hyloscopus.
Hairy Woodpecker (Rocky Mts.)
SCI Name: Dryobates villosus orius/icastus
DRYOBATES
(Picidae; Ϯ Downy Woodpecker D. pubescens) Gr. δρυς drus, δρυος druos tree; βατης batēs walker < βατεω bateō to tread < βαινω bainō to walk; "XXIX. Fam. Picidae ... Dryobates: Picus pubescens Gm. u. s. w." (Boie 1826); “In the 1st edition of the List and in the Cat. Birds B. M. the generic name Dendrocopus is used. This was first introduced by Koch [Dendrocopos 1816] ... for the Spotted Woodpeckers. The same name, however, had previously been used by Vieillot [1816] ... The type of Vieillot’s Dendrocopus is either “le Picucule” or “le Talapiot” of Daubenton, now known respectively as Dendrocolaptes certhia (Bodd.) and Dendroplex picus (Gmel.), both of which belong to the family Dendrocolaptidae. Dendrocopus cannot therefore be used for the Spotted Woodpeckers.” (BOU 1915); "Dryobates Boie, Isis von Oken, 1826, Bd. 2, col. 977. Type, by monotypy, Picus pubescens Linné." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 180).
Synon. Hyloscopus.
Hairy Woodpecker (South Mexican)
SCI Name: Dryobates villosus jardinii/sanctorum
DRYOBATES
(Picidae; Ϯ Downy Woodpecker D. pubescens) Gr. δρυς drus, δρυος druos tree; βατης batēs walker < βατεω bateō to tread < βαινω bainō to walk; "XXIX. Fam. Picidae ... Dryobates: Picus pubescens Gm. u. s. w." (Boie 1826); “In the 1st edition of the List and in the Cat. Birds B. M. the generic name Dendrocopus is used. This was first introduced by Koch [Dendrocopos 1816] ... for the Spotted Woodpeckers. The same name, however, had previously been used by Vieillot [1816] ... The type of Vieillot’s Dendrocopus is either “le Picucule” or “le Talapiot” of Daubenton, now known respectively as Dendrocolaptes certhia (Bodd.) and Dendroplex picus (Gmel.), both of which belong to the family Dendrocolaptidae. Dendrocopus cannot therefore be used for the Spotted Woodpeckers.” (BOU 1915); "Dryobates Boie, Isis von Oken, 1826, Bd. 2, col. 977. Type, by monotypy, Picus pubescens Linné." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 180).
Synon. Hyloscopus.
Hairy Woodpecker (Costa Rican)
SCI Name: Dryobates villosus extimus
extima / extimus
L. extimus farthest, outermost, most remote < super. exter outward < comp. ex out of.
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)