Kaempfer’s Woodpecker / Celeus obrieni
Kaempfer's Woodpecker
SCI Name:
Protonym: Celeus spectabilis obrieni WilsonBull. 85 p.465
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Celeus
Taxonomy Code: caawoo1
Type Locality:
Author: Short
Publish Year: 1973
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
CELEUS
(Picidae; Ϯ Blond-crested Woodpecker C. flavescens) Gr. κελεος keleos green woodpecker (cf. Gr. myth. Celeus, king of Eleusis, proverbial for his rustic dress and love of agricultural pursuits); "Celeus für die americanischen P. flavescens, P. exalbidus, P. ochraceus Spix, P. cinnamomeus Lath., P. brunneus Licht., P. tinunculus Wagl., badioides Less. centu. p. 14, denen vielleicht asiatische beyzugesellen. Ein Mitkennzeichen für die Gattung gibt die Holle der meisten Arten, die aus mit ordentlichen Schäften und Fahnen versehenen Federn gebildet ist, ab. Viele andere Arten müssen einstweilig unter dem Namen Picus vereinigt bleiben" (Boie 1831); "Celeus Boie, Isis von Oken, 1831, col. 542. Type, by subsequent designation, C. flavescens (Gm.) = Picus flavescens Gmelin. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 55.)" (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 122).
Synon. Celeopicos, Cerchneipicus, Cerchneopipo, Crocomorphus, Malacolophus, Xanthopicus.
● See: Cela
Cela
Gr. κελης kelēs, κελητος kelētos courser, race-horse < κελλω kellō to drive on.
• (Casuariidae; syn. Casuarius † Double-wattled Cassowary C. casuarius) "56. KASUARIS, in 't Lat. Cela † Casuarius. by LINNÆUS. gesl. 63. Emeu. by CLUSIUS. Exot. L. v. c. 3. Casuel. by PERR. Mem. des Anim. 184. ... † Deeze vogel gelykt meer naar een Kasuaris dan naar een Struis. Hy heeft, zegt RAY, aan den voet vier vingeren, drie van vooren en éénen van agteren, die dik en rond is" (Moehring 1758); "b. Ohne Hinterzehe, Wadfüße, Schn. mäßig. 2. Gattung. Cela, Eme, Kasuar, Kasuel ... 1. Art. Gem. Eme, Struthio Casuarius, Cela ... 2. Art. Neu-Holländischer Eme" (Oken 1816); "Cela Oken, 1816, Lehrbuch Naturgesch., III, Zool. (2), p. 646. Alternative name for Casuarius Brisson, 1760." (JAJ 2021).
• (Otididae; syn. Chlamydotis † Houbara Bustard C. undulata) "XIII. Tribu. —— OISEAUX SENSIERS. OUTARDES. ... 3. O. nasier. Otis. 4. O. oreillier. Cela." (Oken, 1821, Esquisse du système d'anatomie, de physiologie et d'histoire naturelle, p. 60 (nom. nud.). For the purposes of The Key only, the implied type is here fixed by subsequent designation, "O. oreillier" of Oken = Psophia undulata von Jacquin, 1784." (JAJ 2021).
• ‡ (Emeidae; syn. Euryapteryx † Broad-billed Moa E. curtus) "Genera et Species typicae ... 1. x Cela (MÖHRING) curta (Dinornis curtus Owen Zool. Transact. III. 327. pl. 47 et 48.) R." (Reichenbach 1853); "Cela Reichenbach, 1853 (not of Moehring, 1758, nor of Oken, 1816, nor of Illiger, 1826 (nom. dub.)), Avium Systema Naturale, p. XXX. Type, by original designation, Dinornis curtus Owen, 1846." (JAJ 2020) (see Emeus).
Var. Celeus.
obrieni
Charles E. O’Brien (1905-1987) US ornithologist (Celeus, syn. Strix nivicolum).
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)