Orange-backed Woodpecker / Reinwardtipicus validus
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Orange-backed Woodpecker
SCI Name:
Protonym: Picus validus Pl.Col. livr.64 pl.378
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Reinwardtipicus
Taxonomy Code: orbwoo1
Type Locality: Java.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1825
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
Reinwardtipicus
(syn. Chrysocolaptes Ϯ Orange-backed Woodpecker C. validus) Portmanteau of surname Reinwardt (after Prof. Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773-1854) Dutch naturalist, collector in the East Indies 1817-1822) and genus Picus Linnaeus, 1758, woodpecker; "2. REINWARDTIPICUS, Bp. - 14. validus, Reinw. (hæmorrhous, Licht.)" (Bonaparte 1854).
Synon. Xylolepes.
validus
L. validus strong, powerful < valere to be strong.
● ex “Habia robustona” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 84 (syn. Saltator atricollis).
SUBSPECIES
Orange-backed Woodpecker (xanthopygius)
SCI Name: Reinwardtipicus validus xanthopygius
xanthopygia / xanthopygium / xanthopygius
Gr. ξανθος xanthos yellow; -πυγιος -pugios -rumped < πυγη pugē rump.
Orange-backed Woodpecker (validus)
SCI Name: Reinwardtipicus validus validus
validus
L. validus strong, powerful < valere to be strong.
● ex “Habia robustona” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 84 (syn. Saltator atricollis).
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)
