Campethera Abingoni Bird
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Campethera Abingoni Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Chrysoptilus Abingoni Rep.Exped.Centr.Afr. p.53
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Campethera
Taxonomy Code: gotwoo1
Type Locality: Port Natal, i.e. Durban, Natal.
Author: Smith, A
Publish Year: 1836
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CAMPETHERA
(Picidae; Ϯ Little Green Woodpecker C. maculosa) Gr. καμπη kampē caterpillar; -θηρας -thēras hunter < θηραω thēraō to hunt < θηρ thēr, θηρος thēros beast, animal; "CAMPETHERA, G. R. Gray (1841). Dendromus a, Swains. Picus, Swains. C. brachyrhyncha, (Swains.) G. R. Gray. ... a Used in Mammalogy." (G. Gray 1841); "Campethera G. Gray, 1841, List Genera Birds, 2nd ed., p. 70. New name for Dendromus Swainson, 1837, preoccupied by Dendromus A. Smith, 1829 (Mammalia)." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Campetherus, Campothera.
Synon. Chrysopicos, Chrysoptilopicus, Cnipotheres, Dendromus, Ipagrus, Notopicus, Pardipicus, Stictocraugus, Stictopicus.
abingdoni / abingoni / abingtoni
● Montagu Bertie Lord Norreys of Rycote and 5th Earl of Abingdon (1784-1854) Lord-Lt. of Berkshire, patron of the sciences (Campethera).
● Abingdon I., Galápagos Is. (named after James Bertie 1st Earl of Abingdon (1653-1699) Lord-Lt. of Oxfordshire) (subsp. Geospiza scandens, syn. Pyrocephalus nanus).
SUBSPECIES
Golden-tailed Woodpecker (Streak-backed)
Latin Name: Campethera abingoni chrysura
chrysura
Gr. χρυσος khrusos gold; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
Golden-tailed Woodpecker (Golden-tailed)
Latin Name: Campethera abingoni [abingoni Group]
CAMPETHERA
(Picidae; Ϯ Little Green Woodpecker C. maculosa) Gr. καμπη kampē caterpillar; -θηρας -thēras hunter < θηραω thēraō to hunt < θηρ thēr, θηρος thēros beast, animal; "CAMPETHERA, G. R. Gray (1841). Dendromus a, Swains. Picus, Swains. C. brachyrhyncha, (Swains.) G. R. Gray. ... a Used in Mammalogy." (G. Gray 1841); "Campethera G. Gray, 1841, List Genera Birds, 2nd ed., p. 70. New name for Dendromus Swainson, 1837, preoccupied by Dendromus A. Smith, 1829 (Mammalia)." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Campetherus, Campothera.
Synon. Chrysopicos, Chrysoptilopicus, Cnipotheres, Dendromus, Ipagrus, Notopicus, Pardipicus, Stictocraugus, Stictopicus.
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)
