Guayaquil Woodpecker / Campephilus gayaquilensis

Guayaquil Woodpecker / Campephilus gayaquilensis

Guayaquil Woodpecker

SCI Name:  Campephilus gayaquilensis
Protonym:  Picus Gayaquilensis EchoMondeSav.(2), 12 no.[52] col.920,921
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Picidae /
Taxonomy Code:  guawoo2
Type Locality:  Guayaquil.
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Publish Year:  1845
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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, MegapicosPhloeoceastes, Scapaneus.

gayaquilensis
Guayaquil, Ecuador.