Red-naped Sapsucker / Sphyrapicus nuchalis
WBN 
Red-naped Sapsucker
SCI Name:
Protonym: Sphyrapicus varius var. nuchalis Rep.Expl.Surv.RR.Pac. 9 p.xxviii,103
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Sphyrapicus
Taxonomy Code: rensap
Type Locality: Southern Rocky Mts. = Mimbres River, New Mexico.
Author: Baird, SF
Publish Year: 1858
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SPHYRAPICUS
(Picidae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker S. varius) Gr. σφυρα sphura hammer, mallet; Late Gr. πικος pikos woodpecker < L. picus woodpecker; the sapsuckers drill rows of shallow holes in trees for the sap which then exudes; "SPHYRAPICUS, Baird. Pilumnus, BON. Consp. Zygod. Ateneo Italiano, May, 1854. (P. thyroideus.) ... The genus Pilumnus, originally established by Bonaparte, is used in the Crustacea, and cannot, of course, be again employed. In supplying a new name, I consider the old Picus varius as the type instead of thyroideus, which may possibly constitute the type of a distinct genus" (Baird 1858).
Var. Sphyropicus, Sphyrocopus (Gr. κοπος kopos striking).
Synon. Campoborus, Cladoscopus, Pilumnus.
nuchale / nuchalis
Mod. L. nuchalis of the nape, nuchal < Med. L. nuchus nape < Arabic nukhā' spinal marrow.
● ex “Perruche à face rouge” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Glossopsitta pusilla).
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)
