Olive Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker
Here the details of the Olive Woodpecker named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Picus griseocephalus TablePlanchesEnlum. p.49
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Chloropicus
Taxonomy Code: oliwoo2
Type Locality: Cape of Good Hope, ex Daubenton, pi. 786, f. 2.
Author: Boddaert
Publish Year: 1783
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
Chloropicus
(Picidae; syn. Dendropicos † Fire-bellied Woodpecker D. pyrrhogaster) Gr. χλωρος khlōros green; Late Gr. πικος pikos woodpecker < L. picus woodpecker; "1. P. (Chloropicus) PYRRHOGASTER. ... 2. P. (Brachypternopicus) RUBROPYGIALIS. ... 3. P. (Chloropicus) KIRKII. ... 4. P. (Chloropicus) RUFOVIRIDIS. ... 5. P. (Chloropicus) XANTHODERUS." (Malherbe 1845); "Chloropicus Malherbe, 1845, Revue Zoologique, VIII, p. 399. For the benefit of The Key, type here fixed by subsequent designation, Picus (Chloropicus) pyrrhogaster Malherbe, 1845." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Chloropicos.
griseocephala / griseocephalus
Med. L. griseum grey; Gr. -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
● ex “Pic à tête grise du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Cape Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (Mesopicos).
SUBSPECIES
Olive Woodpecker (Red-bellied)
SCI Name: Chloropicus griseocephalus ruwenzori
ruwenzorae / ruwenzori / ruwenzoria / ruwenzoriae / ruwenzorii
Ruwenzori Mts., Belgian Congo (= DR Congo)/Uganda.
Olive Woodpecker (Montane)
SCI Name: Chloropicus griseocephalus kilimensis
kilimense / kilimensis
Kilima N’jaro / Mt. Kilimanjaro, Kenya/Tanzania.
Olive Woodpecker (Southern)
SCI Name: Chloropicus griseocephalus griseocephalus
griseocephala / griseocephalus
Med. L. griseum grey; Gr. -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
● ex “Pic à tête grise du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Cape Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (Mesopicos).
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)