Campephilus Robustus Bird

Campephilus Robustus Bird

Campephilus Robustus Bird

English Name:  Robust Woodpecker
Latin Name:  Campephilus robustus
Protonym:  Picus robustus Verz.ausgestop.Saug.Vog. p.9
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Picidae / Campephilus
Taxonomy Code:  robwoo1
Type Locality:  Baia.
Author:  Lichtenstein, MHC
Publish Year:  1819
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.

robustus
L. robustus  powerful, strong, robust  < robur, roboris  hardwood.
● ex “Robust Parrot” of Latham 1781 (Poicephalus).