Golden-tailed Woodpecker

SCI Name:  Campethera abingoni
Protonym:  Chrysoptilus Abingoni Rep.Exped.Centr.Afr. p.53
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Picidae / Campethera
Taxonomy Code:  gotwoo1
Type Locality:  Port Natal, i.e. Durban, Natal.
Author:  Smith, A
Publish Year:  1836
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.

abingdoni / abingoni / abingtoni
● Montagu Bertie Lord Norreys of Rycote and 5^th Earl of Abingdon (1784-1854) Lord-Lt. of Berkshire, patron of the sciences (Campethera).
● Abingdon I., Galápagos Is. (named after James Bertie 1st Earl of Abingdon (1653-1699) Lord-Lt. of Oxfordshire) (subsp. Geospiza scandens, syn. Pyrocephalus nanus).

SUBSPECIES

Golden-tailed Woodpecker (Streak-backed)
SCI Name: Campethera abingoni chrysura
chrysura
Gr. χρυσος khrusos gold; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.

Golden-tailed Woodpecker (Golden-tailed)
SCI Name: Campethera abingoni [abingoni Group]
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.