Woodpecker Finch / Camarhynchus pallidus
WBN 
Woodpecker Finch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cactornis pallida Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.327
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Camarhynchus
Taxonomy Code: woofin1
Type Locality: Indefatigable, Galapagos Islands.
Author: Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year: 1870
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
Camarhynchus
(Thraupidae; syn. Geospiza Ϯ Large Tree-finch G. psittacula) Gr. καμαρα kamara arch, vault; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill; "CAMARHYNCHUS (subgenus). CAMARHYNCHUS differt a genere Geospiza, rostro debiliore, margine mandibulæ superioris minus indentato; culmine minus elevato in frontem et plus arcuato; lateribus tumidioribus; mandibula inferiore minus in genas tendente. CAMARHYNCHUS PSITTACULA. (Spec. typ.)" (Gould 1837); "Camarhynchus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 5, p. 6, Oct. 3, 1837—type, by orig. desig., Camarhynchus psittacula Gould." (Hellmayr, 1938, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. XI, p. 137) (see Geospiza).
Var. Camarynchus, Camarorhynchus.
pallidum / pallidus
L. pallidus pallid, pale, wan, sallow < pallere to be pale.
● ex “Pale Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Turdus).
SUBSPECIES
Woodpecker Finch (pallidus/productus)
SCI Name: Camarhynchus pallidus pallidus/productus
Camarhynchus
(Thraupidae; syn. Geospiza Ϯ Large Tree-finch G. psittacula) Gr. καμαρα kamara arch, vault; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill; "CAMARHYNCHUS (subgenus). CAMARHYNCHUS differt a genere Geospiza, rostro debiliore, margine mandibulæ superioris minus indentato; culmine minus elevato in frontem et plus arcuato; lateribus tumidioribus; mandibula inferiore minus in genas tendente. CAMARHYNCHUS PSITTACULA. (Spec. typ.)" (Gould 1837); "Camarhynchus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 5, p. 6, Oct. 3, 1837—type, by orig. desig., Camarhynchus psittacula Gould." (Hellmayr, 1938, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. XI, p. 137) (see Geospiza).
Var. Camarynchus, Camarorhynchus.
Woodpecker Finch (striatipecta)
SCI Name: Camarhynchus pallidus striatipecta
striatipecta / striatipectus
L. striatus striated < striare to striate < stria furrow; pectus, pectoris breast.
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)
