Golden-olive Woodpecker

SCI Name:  Colaptes rubiginosus
Protonym:  Picus rubiginosus Zool.Ill. 1 pl.14,text
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Picidae / Colaptes
Taxonomy Code:  goowoo1
Type Locality:  'Spanish Main'' = Caracas, Venezuela, by designation of Hellmayr, Verb. Orn. Ges. Bayern, 13, 1918, p. 315, note.
Author:  Swainson
Publish Year:  1820
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

COLAPTES
(Picidae; Ϯ Yellow-shafted Flicker C. auratus) Gr. κολαπτης kolaptēs  chiseller  < κολαπτω kolaptō  to chisel, to peck, to strike; "The former group, or the Linnean Pici, it may be again observed, include some species where the bill loses the straight and angulated form, and becomes curved and compressed. These birds, of which the Picus auratus of Linnæus is the representative §, exhibit in this particular an evident approximation to the true Creepers   ...   § This group forms the genus Colaptes of Mr. Swainson." (Vigors 1825); "Colaptes Vigors, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 14, pt. 3, 1826, p. 457, note.  Type, by original designation, Cuculus auratus Linné." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 100).  
Synon. Chrysopicus, Chrysoptilus, Craugus, Geopicos, Malherbipicus, Nesoceleus, Pediopipo, Pituipicus, Soroplex, Theiopicus, Tridactylocolaptes.

rubiginosa / rubiginosus
L. rubiginosus  rusty, ferruginous  < rubigo, rubiginis  rust  < rubeus  reddish.
● ex “Ardea naevia” of Miller 1776, and “Rusty-crowned Heron” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (syn. Nycticorax nycticorax).

SUBSPECIES

Golden-olive Woodpecker (Bronze-winged)
SCI Name: Colaptes rubiginosus aeruginosus
aeruginosa / aeruginosum / aeruginosus
L. aeruginosus  rusty  < aerugo, aeruginis  copper rust.
● "41. FALCO.  ...  æruginosus.  24. F. cera fusca, corpore griseo, vertice gula axillis pedibusque luteis.  Falco cera luteo-viridi, pedibus luteis, corpore ferrugineo, vertice fulvo. Fn. svec. 63.  Milvus æruginosus. Will. orn. 42. t. 7. Raj. av. 17. Alb. av. I. p. 3. t. 3.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Circus).
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  æruginosus.  12. P. macrourus viridis, vertice remigibusque primoribus cæruleis.  Psittacus minor, gutture fusco, occidentalis. Edw. av. 177. t. 177.  Habitat in America.  Cauda corpore brevior." (Linnaeus 1758) (subsp. Eupsittula pertinax).

Golden-olive Woodpecker (Golden-olive)
SCI Name: Colaptes rubiginosus [rubiginosus Group]
COLAPTES
(Picidae; Ϯ Yellow-shafted Flicker C. auratus) Gr. κολαπτης kolaptēs  chiseller  < κολαπτω kolaptō  to chisel, to peck, to strike; "The former group, or the Linnean Pici, it may be again observed, include some species where the bill loses the straight and angulated form, and becomes curved and compressed. These birds, of which the Picus auratus of Linnæus is the representative §, exhibit in this particular an evident approximation to the true Creepers   ...   § This group forms the genus Colaptes of Mr. Swainson." (Vigors 1825); "Colaptes Vigors, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 14, pt. 3, 1826, p. 457, note.  Type, by original designation, Cuculus auratus Linné." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 100).  
Synon. Chrysopicus, Chrysoptilus, Craugus, Geopicos, Malherbipicus, Nesoceleus, Pediopipo, Pituipicus, Soroplex, Theiopicus, Tridactylocolaptes.

Golden-olive Woodpecker (rubripileus)
SCI Name: Colaptes rubiginosus rubripileus
rubripileum / rubripileus
L. ruber  red; pilleus  cap.