Bearded Woodpecker

SCI Name:  Chloropicus namaquus
Protonym:  Picus Namaquus Cat.Rer.nat.rar. p.17 no.179
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Picidae / Chloropicus
Taxonomy Code:  beawoo1
Type Locality:  Interior of South Africa = Damaraland.
Author:  Lichtenstein, AAH
Publish Year:  1793
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.

namaqua / namaquensis / namaquus
Namaqualand, Namibia.
● ex “Namaqua Grous” of Latham 1783 (Pterocles).

SUBSPECIES

Bearded Woodpecker (namaquus)
SCI Name: Chloropicus namaquus namaquus
namaqua / namaquensis / namaquus
Namaqualand, Namibia.
● ex “Namaqua Grous” of Latham 1783 (Pterocles).

Bearded Woodpecker (schoensis)
SCI Name: Chloropicus namaquus schoensis
schoensis
Shoa, a former kingdom and province of Abyssinia / Shewa, Ethiopia.

Bearded Woodpecker (coalescens)
SCI Name: Chloropicus namaquus coalescens
coalescens
L. coalescens, coalescentis  somewhat united, combining  < coalescere  to unite.