Black-and-buff Woodpecker
Black-and-buff Woodpecker
Here the details of the Black-and-buff Woodpecker named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Picus (Meiglyptes) jugularis J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 14 p.195
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Meiglyptes
Taxonomy Code: babwoo3
Type Locality: Arakan and Tenasserim.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1845
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MEIGLYPTES
(Picidae; Ϯ White-rumped Woodpecker M. tristis) Gr. μειων meiōn smaller, lesser < comp. μικρος mikros small; γλυπτης gluptēs carver < γλυφω gluphō to carve; "Meiglyptes, Sw. Bill thick and broad at the base, as in Melanerpes. Culmen considerably arched; the sides much rounded, and somewhat cylindrical. Lateral ridge wanting. Wings long. Versatile and anterior toes equal. Tarsus slightly shorter. India. Fissirostral. P. poicilophus. Pl. Col. 197. f. 1." (Swainson 1837); "Meiglyptes Swainson, Classif. Bds., 2, 1837, p. 309. Type, by monotypy, Picus poicilophus Temminck = Picus tristis Horsfield." (Peters 1948, VI, 147).
Var. Meiglytes, Meigleptes, Meiglyptus, Miglyptes.
Synon. Hemicircoides, Stugnopicus.
jugularis
Med. L. jugularis of the throat, -throated < L. iugulum throat.
● ex “Petit Perruche à gorge jaune d’Amérique” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 190, fig. 1 (Brotogeris).
● ex “Petit Grimpereau des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Cinnyris).
● ex “Red-breasted Humming Bird” of Edwards 1751, and “Polytmus cayanensis violaceus” of Brisson 1760 (Eulampis).
● ex “Merle à gorge noire de Saint-Domingue” (= ☼) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 559, and de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Icterus dominicensis).
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)