Golden-green Woodpecker / Piculus chrysochloros
Golden-green Woodpecker
SCI Name:
Protonym: Picus chrysochloros Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 26 p.98
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Piculus
Taxonomy Code: gogwoo1
Type Locality: Paraguay and Brazil.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1818
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PICULUS
(Picidae; † Golden-green Woodpecker P. chrysochloros) Dim. < L. picus woodpecker; "PICULUS Macrocephalus ... guttatus ... Rubrifrons ... Icterocephalus ... Maculifrons ... Ruficeps ... SPECIES 11. PICUS MACROCEPHALUS. ... Corpus magnitudine Alaudae ... SPECIES 12. PICUS GUTTATUS. ... Corpus magnitudine praecedentis ... SPECIES 13. PICUS RUBRIFRONS. ... Corpus Fringilla vix majus ... SPECIES 14. PICUS ICTEROCEPHALUS. ... Corpus magnitudine Alaudae ... SPECIES 15. PICUS MACULIFRONS. ... Corpus Fringilla vix majus ... SPECIES 16. PICUS RUFICEPS. ... Corpus praecedente haud minus" (von Spix 1824); "Piculus Spix, Av. Bras., 1, 1824, 3d p. of index. Type, by subsequent designation, Piculus macrocephalus Spix = Picus chrysochloros Vieillot. (Oberholser, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 36, 1923, p. 201." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 109).
Synon. Chloronerpes, Craugasus, Hypoxanthus, Lampropicus.
• (Picidae; syn. Dryobates † Lesser Spotted Woodpecker D. minor) "Kleinspecht. Piculus, Brm. ... Sie sind die kleinsten Spechte, leben in Laubhölzern und Gärten und fressen nur Insecten. 1) Der Gartenkleinspecht. Piculus hortorum, Brm. (Picus minor, Linn.) ... 2) Der Zwergkleinspecht. Piculus pusillus, Brm." (C. Brehm 1855); "Piculus C. Brehm, 1855, Der vollständige Vogelfang, p. 70. Type, by monotypy, Picus minor Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021).
• (Picidae; syn. Picumnus † Golden-spangled Piculet P. exilis) "VIII. PICULE, Piculus. NOB. M. Temminck a établi récemment, sous le nom de Picumnus, un genre de zygodactyles, dans lequel il réunit une espèce tridactyle de Java, et trois espèces américaines, ayant quatre doigts comme les vrais pics. C'est de celles-ci que je propose de faire un genre particulier, sous le nom de Picule, qui rappelle à-la-fois, et leur petite taille, et leurs rapports avec les pics, dont elles sont en quelque sorte le diminutif. On va voir que les espèces américaines, que je propose de séparer du picumne de Java, n'en diffèrent pas seulement par le nombre de leurs doigts, et formeront un groupe générique parfaitement distinct. ... Le genre Picule a pour type l'yunx minutissima ou Picus minutus des auteurs, ballotté successivement des pics aux torcols, et de ceux-ci aux picumnes: ce sera la Piculus minutus" (I. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire 1832); "Piculus I. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1832, Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 3, I, p. 396. Type, by original designation, Picus minutus auct. = Picus exilis Lichtenstein, 1823." (JAJ 2021).
• (Picidae; syn. Picumnus † Speckled Piculet P. innominatus) "30. Buccoidæ potius Yunxinæ, Piculus (diminutive of Picus) Vivia Journal, February 1837, nearly allied to Asthenurus." (Hodgson 1841); "Piculus Hodgson, 1841, Journal Asiatic Soc. Bengal, X (1), (no. 109), p. 29. Classical replacement name for Vivia Hodgson, a local substantive name considered inappropriate by some." (JAJ 2020) (see Alcopus).
• (Picidae; syn. Veniliornis † Red-stained Woodpecker V. affinis ruficeps) Von Spix 1824 included six species in his new genus (see above). The Richmond Card Index designated Picus ruficeps as the type by elimination.
chrysochlora / chrysochlore / chrysochloris / chrysochloros / chrysochlorum / chrysochlorus
Gr. χρυσος khrusos gold; χλωρος khlōros green.
● ex “Carpintero verde dorado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 256 (Piculus).
SUBSPECIES
Golden-green Woodpecker (Gold-throated)
SCI Name: Piculus chrysochloros xanthochlorus
xanthochlora / xanthochloris / xanthochlorus
Gr. ξανθοχλωρος xanthokhlōros yellow-green < ξανθος xanthos yellow; χλωρος khlōros green.
Golden-green Woodpecker (Bar-throated)
SCI Name: Piculus chrysochloros capistratus
capistratum / capistratus
L. capistratus haltered < capistrum halter, muzzle, band < capere to hold.
● ex “Red-headed Parrakeet” of Edwards 1758-1764, and “Perruche à face bleu” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (Trichoglossus).
Golden-green Woodpecker (Belem)
SCI Name: Piculus chrysochloros paraensis
paraensis
Pará State, eastern Brazil.
Golden-green Woodpecker (Spot-throated)
SCI Name: Piculus chrysochloros laemostictus
laemosticta / laemostictus
Gr. λαιμος laimos throat; στικτος stiktos spotted < στιζω stizō to tattoo.
Golden-green Woodpecker (Golden-green)
SCI Name: Piculus chrysochloros chrysochloros
chrysochlora / chrysochlore / chrysochloris / chrysochloros / chrysochlorum / chrysochlorus
Gr. χρυσος khrusos gold; χλωρος khlōros green.
● ex “Carpintero verde dorado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 256 (Piculus).
Golden-green Woodpecker (Atlantic)
SCI Name: Piculus chrysochloros polyzonus
polyzonos / polyzonus
Gr. πολυζωνος poluzōnos many-banded < πολυς polus much; ζωνη zōnē belt.
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)