Fine-spotted Woodpecker / Campethera punctuligera
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Fine-spotted Woodpecker
SCI Name:
Protonym: Picus punctuligerus Syst.Av. Picus [p.27] sp.36
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Campethera
Taxonomy Code: fiswoo1
Type Locality: Senegambia.
Author: Wagler
Publish Year: 1827
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CAMPETHERA
(Picidae; Ϯ Little Green Woodpecker C. maculosa) Gr. καμπη kampē caterpillar; -θηρας -thēras hunter < θηραω thēraō to hunt < θηρ thēr, θηρος thēros beast, animal; "CAMPETHERA, G. R. Gray (1841). Dendromus a, Swains. Picus, Swains. C. brachyrhyncha, (Swains.) G. R. Gray. ... a Used in Mammalogy." (G. Gray 1841); "Campethera G. Gray, 1841, List Genera Birds, 2nd ed., p. 70. New name for Dendromus Swainson, 1837, preoccupied by Dendromus A. Smith, 1829 (Mammalia)." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Campetherus, Campothera.
Synon. Chrysopicos, Chrysoptilopicus, Cnipotheres, Dendromus, Ipagrus, Notopicus, Pardipicus, Stictocraugus, Stictopicus.
punctuliger / punctuligera / punctuligerus
L. punctulum small spot < dim. punctum spot < pungere to puncture; -gera -bearing < gerere to carry.
SUBSPECIES
Fine-spotted Woodpecker (punctuligera)
SCI Name: Campethera punctuligera punctuligera
punctuliger / punctuligera / punctuligerus
L. punctulum small spot < dim. punctum spot < pungere to puncture; -gera -bearing < gerere to carry.
Fine-spotted Woodpecker (balia)
SCI Name: Campethera punctuligera balia
balia
L. balius (?error for badius) chestnut-coloured, dark.
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)
