Olive Woodpecker

SCI Name:  Chloropicus griseocephalus
Protonym:  Picus griseocephalus TablePlanchesEnlum. p.49
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Picidae / Chloropicus
Taxonomy Code:  oliwoo2
Type Locality:  Cape of Good Hope, ex Daubenton, pi. 786, f. 2.
Author:  Boddaert
Publish Year:  1783
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.

griseocephala / griseocephalus
Med. L. griseum grey; Gr. -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
● ex “Pic à tête grise du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Cape Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (Mesopicos).

SUBSPECIES

Olive Woodpecker (Red-bellied)
SCI Name: Chloropicus griseocephalus ruwenzori
ruwenzorae / ruwenzori / ruwenzoria / ruwenzoriae / ruwenzorii
Ruwenzori Mts., Belgian Congo (= DR Congo)/Uganda.

Olive Woodpecker (Montane)
SCI Name: Chloropicus griseocephalus kilimensis
kilimense / kilimensis
Kilima N’jaro / Mt. Kilimanjaro, Kenya/Tanzania.

Olive Woodpecker (Southern)
SCI Name: Chloropicus griseocephalus griseocephalus
griseocephala / griseocephalus
Med. L. griseum grey; Gr. -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
● ex “Pic à tête grise du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Cape Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (Mesopicos).