Brown-capped Woodpecker / Yungipicus nanus
WBN 
Brown-capped Woodpecker
SCI Name:
Protonym: Picus nanus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 no.14 p.172
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Yungipicus
Taxonomy Code: bncwoo3
Type Locality: Himalayas.
Author: Vigors
Publish Year: 1832
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
Yungipicus
(syn. Picoides Ϯ Brown-capped Woodpecker P. moluccensis) Portmanteau of genera Yunx Linnaeus, 1766, wryneck, and Picus Linnaeus, 1758, woodpecker; "6. PICUS, L. ... h. Yungipicus, Bp. - 67. hardwicki, Jard. (variegatus? Wagl.) - 68. mitchelli, Malh. - 69. auritus, Eyton. (validirostris, Blyth.) - 70. gymnophthalmus, Blyth. - 71. moluccensis, Gm. - 72. macei, Vieill. et Temm. (wagleri, Hartl.) - 73. analis, Temm. et Bp. (pectoralis, Blyth.) - 74. kisuki, Temm. - 75. temmincki, Malh. - 76. trisulensis, Licht. (canicapillus, Blyth.) - 77. scintilla, Natterer. - 78. semicoronatus, Malh. (rubricatus, Blyth.) - 79. pygmæus, Vig. et Auct. - 80. nanus, Vig. (cinereigula, Malh. adult.)" (Bonaparte 1854). Recent work suggests that this genus may be worthy of recognition. Var. Iyngopicus, Iungipicus, Iyngipicus, Jyngipicus, Yunxipicus, Yyngipicus.
nanum / nanus
L. nanus dwarf < Gr. νανος nanos dwarf.
● ex “Barbu du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 746, fig. 2, and “Petit Barbu” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (?syn. Gymnobucco calvus).
● ex “Ynambú-carapé” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 328 (Taoniscus).
SUBSPECIES
Brown-capped Woodpecker (nanus)
SCI Name: Yungipicus nanus nanus
nanum / nanus
L. nanus dwarf < Gr. νανος nanos dwarf.
● ex “Barbu du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 746, fig. 2, and “Petit Barbu” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (?syn. Gymnobucco calvus).
● ex “Ynambú-carapé” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 328 (Taoniscus).
Brown-capped Woodpecker (cinereigula)
SCI Name: Yungipicus nanus cinereigula
cinereigula
L. cinereus ash-coloured < cinis, cineris ashes; gula throat.
Brown-capped Woodpecker (gymnopthalmos)
SCI Name: Yungipicus nanus gymnopthalmos
gymnopthalmos / gymnopthalmus
Gr. γυμνος gumnos bare, naked; οφθαλμος ophthalmos eye.
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)
