Dinopium Benghalense Bird
Dinopium Benghalense Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Picus benghalensis Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.113
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Dinopium
Taxonomy Code: bkrfla1
Type Locality: Bengal.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
DINOPIUM
(Picidae; Ϯ Common Flame-back D. javanense) Gr. δεινος deinos mighty, huge; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos appearance; "Description de 4 nouvelles espèces d'Oiseaux de l'Ile de Java, observés dans le museum de Mr. Peale à Philadelphie, Turnix javanica, Dinopium (Picoides) erythronotus, Hirundo longipennis et Sylvia cuneata." (Rafinesque 1814); "Dinopium Rafinesque, Principes Fondamentaux de Somiologie, 1814, p. 2 of cover. Type, by monotypy, Dinopium (Picoides) erythronotus Rafinesque, which is based on "le picoïde à dos rouge", Bull. des Sciences de Soc. Philom., Paris, 3, 1803, p. 146 = Picus javanensis Ljungh." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 143).
Var. Dinopicus (Gr. πικος pikos woodpecker).
Synon. Brachypternopicus, Brachypternus, Brahmapicus, Chloropicoides, Chrysonotus, Gauropicoides, Mesospilus, Tiga.
benghalense / benghalensis
Bengal, India (see bengalensis).
● "48. CORVUS. ... benghalensis. 6. C. vertice alis caudaque cæruleis, collo griseo. Pica glandaria benghalensis. Alb. av. I. p. 17. t. 17. Habitat in Benghala." (Linnaeus 1758) (Coracias). This name is the seventh toponym in avian nomenclature.
● "54. PICUS. ... benghalensis. 8. viridis, occipite rubro, nucha nigra, subtus anticeque albus nigro maculatus. Picus benghalensis. Alb. av. 3. p. 21. t. 22. Edw. av. 182. l. 182. Habitat in Benghala." (Linnaeus 1758) (Dinopium). This name is the tenth toponym in avian nomenclature.
● "96. LOXIA. ... benghalensis. 23. L. grisea, pileo flavo, temporibus albidis, abdomine albido fusco-maculato. Passer benghalensis, capite flavo. Edw. av. 189. t. 189. Alb. av. 2. p. 48. t. 52. Habitat in Benghala." (Linnaeus 1758) (Ploceus).
● "83. RALLUS. ... benghalensis. 4. R. corpore vertice oculisque albis, capite colloque nigris, alis dorsoque viridibus, remigibus primariis rubro-maculatis. Rallus benghalensis. Alb. av. 3. p. 85. t. 90. Habitat in Asia." (Linnaeus 1758) (Rostratula).
● ex “Brown Indian Thrush” of Edwards 1751 (syn. Turdoides striata).
SUBSPECIES
Black-rumped Flameback (benghalense)
Latin Name: Dinopium benghalense benghalense
benghalense / benghalensis
Bengal, India (see bengalensis).
● "48. CORVUS. ... benghalensis. 6. C. vertice alis caudaque cæruleis, collo griseo. Pica glandaria benghalensis. Alb. av. I. p. 17. t. 17. Habitat in Benghala." (Linnaeus 1758) (Coracias). This name is the seventh toponym in avian nomenclature.
● "54. PICUS. ... benghalensis. 8. viridis, occipite rubro, nucha nigra, subtus anticeque albus nigro maculatus. Picus benghalensis. Alb. av. 3. p. 21. t. 22. Edw. av. 182. l. 182. Habitat in Benghala." (Linnaeus 1758) (Dinopium). This name is the tenth toponym in avian nomenclature.
● "96. LOXIA. ... benghalensis. 23. L. grisea, pileo flavo, temporibus albidis, abdomine albido fusco-maculato. Passer benghalensis, capite flavo. Edw. av. 189. t. 189. Alb. av. 2. p. 48. t. 52. Habitat in Benghala." (Linnaeus 1758) (Ploceus).
● "83. RALLUS. ... benghalensis. 4. R. corpore vertice oculisque albis, capite colloque nigris, alis dorsoque viridibus, remigibus primariis rubro-maculatis. Rallus benghalensis. Alb. av. 3. p. 85. t. 90. Habitat in Asia." (Linnaeus 1758) (Rostratula).
● ex “Brown Indian Thrush” of Edwards 1751 (syn. Turdoides striata).
Black-rumped Flameback (dilutum)
Latin Name: Dinopium benghalense dilutum
dilutum / dilutus
L. dilutus weak, diluted, resolved, thin, soft < diluere to dissolve < dis separate, apart; luere to make good.
Black-rumped Flameback (tehminae)
Latin Name: Dinopium benghalense tehminae
tehminae
Tehmina (1902-1939) wife of Indian ornithologist Salim Ali (subsp. Dinopium benghalense).
Black-rumped Flameback (puncticolle)
Latin Name: Dinopium benghalense puncticolle
puncticolle / puncticollis
L. punctum spot < pungere to puncture; Mod. L. -collis -throated, -necked < L. collum neck.
Black-rumped Flameback (jaffnense)
Latin Name: Dinopium benghalense jaffnense
jaffnense / jaffnensis
Jaffna, Ceylon / Yaalpaanam, Sri Lanka.
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)