Crimson-bellied Woodpecker

SCI Name:  Campephilus haematogaster
Protonym:  Picus haematogaster Arch.Naturgesch. 10 p.302
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Picidae / Campephilus
Taxonomy Code:  crbwoo1
Type Locality:  Peru.
Author:  von Tschudi
Publish Year:  1844
IUCN Status:  

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, Megapicos, Phloeoceastes, Scapaneus.

haematogaster
Gr. αἱμα haima, αἱματος haimatos  blood; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros  belly.

SUBSPECIES

Crimson-bellied Woodpecker (Splendid)
SCI Name: Campephilus haematogaster splendens
splendens
L. splendens, splendentis  brilliant, glittering  < splendere  to shine.
● ex “Moineau de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 224, fig. 3 (subsp. Volatinia jacarini).
● ex “Eclatant” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 85 (Pica artefact).

Crimson-bellied Woodpecker (Crimson-bellied)
SCI Name: Campephilus haematogaster haematogaster
haematogaster
Gr. αἱμα haima, αἱματος haimatos  blood; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros  belly.