Meiglyptes Tristis Bird

English Name:  Buff-rumped Woodpecker
Latin Name:  Meiglyptes tristis
Protonym:  Picus tristis Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1), 13 p.177
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Picidae / Meiglyptes
Taxonomy Code:  burwoo1
Type Locality:  Java.
Author:  Horsfield
Publish Year:  1821
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

MEIGLYPTES
(Picidae; Ϯ White-rumped Woodpecker M. tristis) Gr. μειων meiōn  smaller, lesser  < comp. μικρος mikros  small; γλυπτης gluptēs  carver  < γλυφω gluphō  to carve; "Meiglyptes, Sw.  Bill thick and broad at the base, as in Melanerpes.  Culmen considerably arched; the sides much rounded, and somewhat cylindrical.  Lateral ridge wanting.  Wings long.  Versatile and anterior toes equal.  Tarsus slightly shorter.   India.   Fissirostral.    P. poicilophus. Pl. Col. 197. f. 1." (Swainson 1837); "Meiglyptes Swainson, Classif. Bds., 2, 1837, p. 309. Type, by monotypy, Picus poicilophus Temminck = Picus tristis Horsfield." (Peters 1948, VI, 147).
Var. Meiglytes, Meigleptes, Meiglyptus, Miglyptes.
Synon. Hemicircoides, Stugnopicus.

tristis
L. tristis  sad, gloomy.
● ex “Merle des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Acridotheres).
● ex “Merle à cul jaune du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 317 (syn. Pycnonotus nigricans).
● "98. FRINGILLA.  ...  tristis.  14. F. flava, fronte nigra, alis fuscis.  Carduelis americana. Catesb. car. I. p. 43. t. 43.  Habitat in America septentrionali." (Linnaeus 1758) (Spinus).

SUBSPECIES

Buff-rumped Woodpecker (Buff-rumped)
Latin Name: Meiglyptes tristis grammithorax
grammithorax
L. grammicus  lettered, lined  < Gr. γραμμικος grammikos  linear  < γραμμη grammē  line  < γραφω graphō  to write; thorax, thoracis  breast  < Gr. θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos  breastplate.

Buff-rumped Woodpecker (White-rumped)
Latin Name: Meiglyptes tristis tristis
tristis
L. tristis  sad, gloomy.
● ex “Merle des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Acridotheres).
● ex “Merle à cul jaune du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 317 (syn. Pycnonotus nigricans).
● "98. FRINGILLA.  ...  tristis.  14. F. flava, fronte nigra, alis fuscis.  Carduelis americana. Catesb. car. I. p. 43. t. 43.  Habitat in America septentrionali." (Linnaeus 1758) (Spinus).