Green-barred Woodpecker
Green-barred Woodpecker
Here the details of the Green-barred Woodpecker named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Picus melanochloros Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.427
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Colaptes
Taxonomy Code: grbwoo3
Type Locality: Cayenne; error, Rio de Janeiro substituted by Hellmayr, Verh. Orn. Ges. Bayern, 12, 1915, p. 154.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1788
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
COLAPTES
(Picidae; Ϯ Yellow-shafted Flicker C. auratus) Gr. κολαπτης kolaptēs chiseller < κολαπτω kolaptō to chisel, to peck, to strike; "The former group, or the Linnean Pici, it may be again observed, include some species where the bill loses the straight and angulated form, and becomes curved and compressed. These birds, of which the Picus auratus of Linnæus is the representative §, exhibit in this particular an evident approximation to the true Creepers ... § This group forms the genus Colaptes of Mr. Swainson." (Vigors 1825); "Colaptes Vigors, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 14, pt. 3, 1826, p. 457, note. Type, by original designation, Cuculus auratus Linné." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 100).
Synon. Chrysopicus, Chrysoptilus, Craugus, Geopicos, Malherbipicus, Nesoceleus, Pediopipo, Pituipicus, Soroplex, Theiopicus, Tridactylocolaptes.
melanochloros
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; χλωρος khlōros green, yellow (cf. μελανοχλωρος melanokhlōros dark-olive coloured, sallow).
● ex “Picus varius americanus cristatus” of Brisson 1760, “Grand pic rayé de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 719, and “Gold-crested Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (Colaptes).
SUBSPECIES
Green-barred Woodpecker (Green-barred)
SCI Name: Colaptes melanochloros melanochloros/nattereri
COLAPTES
(Picidae; Ϯ Yellow-shafted Flicker C. auratus) Gr. κολαπτης kolaptēs chiseller < κολαπτω kolaptō to chisel, to peck, to strike; "The former group, or the Linnean Pici, it may be again observed, include some species where the bill loses the straight and angulated form, and becomes curved and compressed. These birds, of which the Picus auratus of Linnæus is the representative §, exhibit in this particular an evident approximation to the true Creepers ... § This group forms the genus Colaptes of Mr. Swainson." (Vigors 1825); "Colaptes Vigors, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 14, pt. 3, 1826, p. 457, note. Type, by original designation, Cuculus auratus Linné." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 100).
Synon. Chrysopicus, Chrysoptilus, Craugus, Geopicos, Malherbipicus, Nesoceleus, Pediopipo, Pituipicus, Soroplex, Theiopicus, Tridactylocolaptes.
Green-barred Woodpecker (Golden-breasted)
SCI Name: Colaptes melanochloros [melanolaimus Group]
COLAPTES
(Picidae; Ϯ Yellow-shafted Flicker C. auratus) Gr. κολαπτης kolaptēs chiseller < κολαπτω kolaptō to chisel, to peck, to strike; "The former group, or the Linnean Pici, it may be again observed, include some species where the bill loses the straight and angulated form, and becomes curved and compressed. These birds, of which the Picus auratus of Linnæus is the representative §, exhibit in this particular an evident approximation to the true Creepers ... § This group forms the genus Colaptes of Mr. Swainson." (Vigors 1825); "Colaptes Vigors, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 14, pt. 3, 1826, p. 457, note. Type, by original designation, Cuculus auratus Linné." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 100).
Synon. Chrysopicus, Chrysoptilus, Craugus, Geopicos, Malherbipicus, Nesoceleus, Pediopipo, Pituipicus, Soroplex, Theiopicus, Tridactylocolaptes.
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)