Chloropicus Xantholophus Bird
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Chloropicus Xantholophus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Dendropicus xantholophus Ibis p.173
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Chloropicus
Taxonomy Code: gocwoo3
Type Locality: Gaboon.
Author: Hargitt
Publish Year: 1883
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.
xantholophus
Gr. ξανθολοφος xantholophos yellow-crested < ξανθος xanthos yellow; λοφος lophos crest.
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)
