Buff-rumped Woodpecker
Buff-rumped Woodpecker
Here the details of the Buff-rumped Woodpecker named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Picus tristis Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1), 13 p.177
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Meiglyptes
Taxonomy Code: burwoo1
Type Locality: Java.
Author: Horsfield
Publish Year: 1821
IUCN Status:
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.
tristis
L. tristis sad, gloomy.
● ex “Merle des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Acridotheres).
● ex “Merle à cul jaune du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 317 (syn. Pycnonotus nigricans).
● "98. FRINGILLA. ... tristis. 14. F. flava, fronte nigra, alis fuscis. Carduelis americana. Catesb. car. I. p. 43. t. 43. Habitat in America septentrionali." (Linnaeus 1758) (Spinus).
SUBSPECIES
Buff-rumped Woodpecker (Buff-rumped)
SCI Name: Meiglyptes tristis grammithorax
grammithorax
L. grammicus lettered, lined < Gr. γραμμικος grammikos linear < γραμμη grammē line < γραφω graphō to write; thorax, thoracis breast < Gr. θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos breastplate.
Buff-rumped Woodpecker (White-rumped)
SCI Name: Meiglyptes tristis tristis
tristis
L. tristis sad, gloomy.
● ex “Merle des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Acridotheres).
● ex “Merle à cul jaune du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 317 (syn. Pycnonotus nigricans).
● "98. FRINGILLA. ... tristis. 14. F. flava, fronte nigra, alis fuscis. Carduelis americana. Catesb. car. I. p. 43. t. 43. Habitat in America septentrionali." (Linnaeus 1758) (Spinus).
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)