Robust Woodpecker / Campephilus robustus
Robust Woodpecker
SCI Name:
Protonym: Picus robustus Verz.ausgestop.Saug.Vog. p.9
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Campephilus
Taxonomy Code: robwoo1
Type Locality: Baia.
Author: Lichtenstein, MHC
Publish Year: 1819
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.
robustus
L. robustus powerful, strong, robust < robur, roboris hardwood.
● ex “Robust Parrot” of Latham 1781 (Poicephalus).
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)