Campephilus Leucopogon Bird

Campephilus Leucopogon Bird

Campephilus Leucopogon Bird

English Name:  Cream-backed Woodpecker
Latin Name:  Campephilus leucopogon
Protonym:  Picus leucopogon Dict.Sci.Nat. 40 p.178
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Picidae / Campephilus
Taxonomy Code:  crbwoo2
Type Locality:  Brazil.
Author:  Valenciennes
Publish Year:  1826
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CAMPEPHILUS
(Picidae; Ϯ Ivory-billed Woodpecker C. principalis) Gr. καμπη kampē  caterpillar; φιλος philos  lover; "CAMPEPHILUS, n.  Picus, L. Sw.  Dendrocopus, Boie.   C. principalis, (L.) n.,  Pl. enl. 690." (G. Gray 1840); "Campephilus G. R. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 54.  Type, by original designation, Picus principalis Linnaeus." (AOU Checklist, 7th ed., 1998, p. 346).
Var. Campiphilus, Campophilus.
Synon. Cniparchus, Dendrocopus, Ipocrantor, Megalopipo, MegapicosPhloeoceastes, Scapaneus.

leucopogon
Gr. λευκος leukos  white; πωγων pōgōn, πωγωνος pōgōnos  beard.