Scaly-bellied Woodpecker
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker
Here the details of the Scaly-bellied Woodpecker named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Picus squamatus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 no.1 p.8
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Picus
Taxonomy Code: scbwoo1
Type Locality: Himalayas, restricted to Simla-Almora district by Ticehurst and Whistler, Ibis, 1924, p. 471.
Author: Vigors
Publish Year: 1831
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PICUS
(Picidae; Ϯ Eurasian Green Woodpecker P. viridis) L. picus woodpecker (Roman myth. Picus, king of Latium who married the beauteous nymph and songstress Canens, and was changed into a woodpecker by the spiteful Circe, whose affections he had spurned); "54. PICUS. Rostrum polyedrum, rectum: apice cuneato. Nares pennis setaceis obtectæ. Lingua teres, lumbriciformis, longissima, mucronata, apice retrorsum aculeata setis. ... Lingua Picorum & Jyngis inseritur fronti. Intestina cæcis carent. ... Pici Larvas insectorum lignum intus rodentium rostro fecante, sono terrefaciente, auditu percipiente: lingua acuta hastata intranse extrahunt, de qua Act. angl. 350. p. 509." (Linnaeus 1758); “The type of this Linnean genus has been fixed on various species out of the thirteen originally contained in it. Gray (List Gen. Bds. 1840, p. 54) selected major, Hargitt (Cat. Bds. B. M. xviii. 1890, p. 518) martius; but Swainson (Zool. Illustr. 1st ser. i. 1820, pl. 14), who appears to have been the first author to designate the type, made it viridis, and this the Committee believe should be accepted.” (BOU 1915);"Picus Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 112. Type, by subsequent designation, Picus viridis Linné. (Swainson, Zool. Illustr., 1, 1820, text to pl. 4.)" (Peters 1948, VI, 130). Linnaeus's Picus comprised thirteen species (P. martius, P. principalis, P. pileatus, P. hirundinaceus, P. erythrocephalus, P. carolinus, P. viridis, P. benghalensis, P. semirostris, P. major, P. medius, P. minor, P. tridactylus).
Var. Pigus.
Synon. Callolophus, Calopicus, Chrysopterus, Cirropicus, Poliopicus.
● (syn. Dendrocopos Ϯ Great Spotted Woodpecker D. major) (see above).
● (syn. Dryocopus Ϯ Black Woodpecker D. martius) (see above).
picus
L. picus woodpecker, a bird used in augury.
● ex “Talapiot de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 605, “Talapiot” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Climbing Oriole” of Latham 1782 (Dendroplex).
● ex “Piegrièche Rouge à Plastron Blanc” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 65 (artefact).
squamatum / squamatus
L. squamatus scaled < squama scale.
SUBSPECIES
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (squamatus)
SCI Name: Picus squamatus squamatus
squamatum / squamatus
L. squamatus scaled < squama scale.
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (flavirostris)
SCI Name: Picus squamatus flavirostris
flavirostre / flavirostris
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Pato pico amarillo y negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 439 (Anas).
● "98. FRINGILLA. ... flavirostris. 21. F. fusca, rostro flavicante. Faun. svec. 204. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Linaria).
● ex “Favorite de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 897, “Favorite” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Favourite Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (Porphyrio).
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)