Pale-billed Woodpecker

SCI Name:  Campephilus guatemalensis
Protonym:  Picus guatemalensis Rev.Zool. 7 p.214
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Picidae / Campephilus
Taxonomy Code:  pabwoo1
Type Locality:  Guatemala.
Author:  Hartlaub
Publish Year:  1844
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CAMPEPHILUS
(Picidae; Ϯ Ivory-billed Woodpecker C. principalis) Gr. καμπη kampē  caterpillar; φιλος philos  lover; "CAMPEPHILUS, n.  Picus, L. Sw.  Dendrocopus, Boie.   C. principalis, (L.) n.,  Pl. enl. 690." (G. Gray 1840); "Campephilus G. R. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 54.  Type, by original designation, Picus principalis Linnaeus." (AOU Checklist, 7th ed., 1998, p. 346).
Var. Campiphilus, Campophilus.
Synon. Cniparchus, Dendrocopus, Ipocrantor, Megalopipo, Megapicos, Phloeoceastes, Scapaneus.

guatemalae / guatemalensis / guatimalensis
Guatemala (Nahuatl name Cuauhtēmallān place of many trees).

SUBSPECIES

Pale-billed Woodpecker (nelsoni)
SCI Name: Campephilus guatemalensis nelsoni
nelsoni
• Dr Edward William Nelson (1855-1934) US zoologist, collector in US and Mexico, President of AOU 1908, and Chief of US Biological Survey 1916-1927 (subsp. Agelaius phoeniceus, Ammospiza, syn. Antrostomus badius, subsp. Campephilus guatemalensis, subsp. Campylorhynchus megalopterus, subsp. Catharus frantzii, syn. Colinus virginianus insignis, subsp. Cyanocorax sanblasianus, syn. Dryobates pubescens medianus, subsp. Eupherusa eximia, Geothlypis, subsp. Habia rubica, subsp. Icterus cucullatus, subsp. Lagopus mutum, syn. Lanius ludovicianus mexicanus, syn. Larus vegae x L. hyperboreus hybrid, subsp. Lochmias nematura, syn. Myiarchus tyrannulus cooperi, syn. Nyctidromus albicollis yucatanensis, subsp. Onychoprion anaethetus, syn. Phaethornis striigularis subrufescens, subsp. Polioptila caerulea, subsp. Quiscalus mexicanus, subsp. Sialia mexicana, subsp. Sitta carolinensis, subsp. Tunchiornis ochraceiceps, Vireo (ex Vireo nanus Nelson, 1898)).
• George Nelson (1876-1962) US botanist, zoologist, photographer, taxidermist at MCZ, Harvard College 1901-1946 (Martin Schneider in litt.) (subsp. Setophaga vitellina).

Pale-billed Woodpecker (regius)
SCI Name: Campephilus guatemalensis regius
regius
L. regius  royal, kingly, regal  < rex, regis  king  < regere  to rule.
● King I., Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia (subsp. Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris).
● "51. PARADISÆA.  ...  regia.  2. P. cirrhis caudalibus filiformibus apice lunato-pennaceis. Mus. Ad. Fr. I. p. 15.  Rex avium paradisæarum. Pet. gaz. I. t. 53. f. 2. Clus. exot. 362. t. 362. Olear. mus. 24. t. 13. f. 2. Raj. av. 22. n. 10. Seb. mus. I. t. 38. f. 5. Edw. av. 111. t. 111.  Habitat in India orientali.  Purpurea pectorali cærulescente; cirrhi caudæ longissimi; Pennæ sub alis sunt reliquis longiores, licet cauda breviores.(*)  ...  (*) Paradiseas fictas (Seb. mus. I. t. 60. f. 1, 2, 3), e Psittacis aliisque vendidit sæpe Museis astus chinensium." (Linnaeus 1758) (cf. Malay Burong rajah king bird). (Cicinnurus).
● ex “Tyran huppé de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 289, “Roi des Gobe-mouches” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “King Tody” of Latham 1782 (syn. Onychorhynchus coronatus).

Pale-billed Woodpecker (guatemalensis)
SCI Name: Campephilus guatemalensis guatemalensis
guatemalae / guatemalensis / guatimalensis
Guatemala (Nahuatl name Cuauhtēmallān place of many trees).