Fire-bellied Woodpecker / Chloropicus pyrrhogaster
WBN 
Fire-bellied Woodpecker
SCI Name:
Protonym: Picus (Chloropicus) Pyrrhogaster Rev.Zool. 8 p.399
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Chloropicus
Taxonomy Code: fibwoo1
Type Locality: South Africa = Sierra Leone.
Author: Malherbe
Publish Year: 1845
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.
pyrrhogaster / pyrrhogastra
Gr. πυρρος purrhos flame-coloured, red < πυρ pur, πυρος puros fire; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros belly.
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)
