The golden-olive woodpecker is a resident breeding bird from Mexico south and east to Guyana, northwest Argentina, as well as Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. It was formerly placed in the genus Piculus. The scientific name rubiginosus means "full of rust", describing the color of the bird's wings and back. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Swainson, WJ 1820)
Reference:
Zool. Illustr.
ser.1, vol.1, no.3 pl.14,text
Imprint year:
1820-21
Protonym:
Picus rubiginosus
Type locality:
'Spanish Main' = Caracas, Venezuela, by designation of Hellmayr, Verb. Orn. Ges. Bayern, 13, 1918, p. 315, note.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92614#page/99/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
2257DD17485E53DF
Avibase ID:
avibase-2257DD17
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/2257DD17
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554076
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Piculus rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Piculus rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Pic or-olive ( Piculus rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Piculus rufiginosus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Piculus rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Piculus rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Piculus rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Piculus rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Colaptes rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Piculus rubiginosus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Piculus rubiginosus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Piculus rubiginosus [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Golden-olive Woodpecker ( Piculus rubiginosus) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Colaptes [rubiginosus or aeruginosus]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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