Campethera Caroli Bird
Campethera Caroli Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Chloropicus Caroli Rev.Mag.Zool. (2), 4 p.550
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Campethera
Taxonomy Code: brewoo1
Type Locality: Gaboon.
Author: Malherbe
Publish Year: 1852
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.
caroli
Late L. Carolus Charles.
● Karl Johan Andersson (1827-1867) Swedish explorer in south-west Africa 1851-1867 (Anthoscopus).
● Charles Lucien Jules Laurent 2nd Prince of Canino and of Musignano and Prince Bonaparte (1803-1857) French ornithologist (Campethera, Polyonymus).
● Charles Lloyd Norman (1833-1889) English banker, father of ornithologist G. C. Norman (syn. Clamator jacobinus serratus).
● Charles Chubb (1851-1924) British ornithologist (syn. Crypturellus bartletti).
● Nathaniel Charles Rothschild (1877-1923) English banker, conservationist, entomologist (syn. Galerida cristata altirostris).
SUBSPECIES
Brown-eared Woodpecker (Western)
Latin Name: Campethera caroli arizela
arizela
Gr. αριζηλος arizēlos admirable, conspicuous.
Brown-eared Woodpecker (Carol's)
Latin Name: Campethera caroli caroli
caroli
Late L. Carolus Charles.
● Karl Johan Andersson (1827-1867) Swedish explorer in south-west Africa 1851-1867 (Anthoscopus).
● Charles Lucien Jules Laurent 2nd Prince of Canino and of Musignano and Prince Bonaparte (1803-1857) French ornithologist (Campethera, Polyonymus).
● Charles Lloyd Norman (1833-1889) English banker, father of ornithologist G. C. Norman (syn. Clamator jacobinus serratus).
● Charles Chubb (1851-1924) British ornithologist (syn. Crypturellus bartletti).
● Nathaniel Charles Rothschild (1877-1923) English banker, conservationist, entomologist (syn. Galerida cristata altirostris).
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)