Chloropicus Obsoletus Bird
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Chloropicus Obsoletus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Picus obsoletus Isis 22 col.510
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Chloropicus
Taxonomy Code: brbwoo1
Type Locality: Senegambia.
Author: Wagler
Publish Year: 1829
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
Chloropicus
(Picidae; syn. Dendropicos † Fire-bellied Woodpecker D. pyrrhogaster) Gr. χλωρος khlōros green; Late Gr. πικος pikos woodpecker < L. picus woodpecker; "1. P. (Chloropicus) PYRRHOGASTER. ... 2. P. (Brachypternopicus) RUBROPYGIALIS. ... 3. P. (Chloropicus) KIRKII. ... 4. P. (Chloropicus) RUFOVIRIDIS. ... 5. P. (Chloropicus) XANTHODERUS." (Malherbe 1845); "Chloropicus Malherbe, 1845, Revue Zoologique, VIII, p. 399. For the benefit of The Key, type here fixed by subsequent designation, Picus (Chloropicus) pyrrhogaster Malherbe, 1845." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Chloropicos.
obsoleta / obsoletum / obsoletus
L. obsoletus plain, worn out, forgotten < obsolescere to wear out.
● ex “Plain Falcon” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Falco rusticolus).
SUBSPECIES
Brown-backed Woodpecker (obsoletus)
Latin Name: Chloropicus obsoletus obsoletus
obsoleta / obsoletum / obsoletus
L. obsoletus plain, worn out, forgotten < obsolescere to wear out.
● ex “Plain Falcon” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Falco rusticolus).
Brown-backed Woodpecker (heuglini)
Latin Name: Chloropicus obsoletus heuglini
heuglini / heuglinii
Martin Theodor von Heuglin (1824-1876) German mining engineer, ornithologist, explorer in the Sudan, Abyssinia, Eritrea and Somaliland 1851-1864, and the Arctic 1870-1871 (subsp. Alcedo semitorquata, subsp. Argya rubiginosa, syn. Batis orientalis, syn. Butastur rufipennis, syn. Centropus monachus fischeri, Cossypha, syn. Cuculus solitarius, subsp. Dendropicos obsoletus, subsp. Larus fuscus, subsp. Merops hirundineus, Neotis, Oenanthe, Ploceus, syn. Pternistis clappertoni, syn. Zosterops senegalensis).
Brown-backed Woodpecker (ingens)
Latin Name: Chloropicus obsoletus ingens
ingens
L. ingens, ingentis enormous, huge, great < in upwards, in height; genere original form of gignere to beget.
Brown-backed Woodpecker (crateri)
Latin Name: Chloropicus obsoletus crateri
crateri
Ngorongoro Crater, Mbulu District, Tanganyika (= Tanzania).
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)
