The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Callolophus

(Picidaesyn. Chrysophlegma Ϯ Banded Woodpecker C. miniaceum) Gr. καλλος kallos  beauty  < καλος kalos  beautiful; λοφος lophos  crest; "Gen. nov. Callolophus, SALVAD.  (καλος, pulcher; λοφος, crista).  Venilia, Bp. 1850 (nec Duponc. 1829, nec Bp. 1854). Brachylophus, Bp. 1854 (nec Cuv. 1829, nec Sw. 1837).    Sp. 51. (27). Callolophus puniceus (HORSF.).   ...   Sp. 52. (28). Callolophus mentalis (TEMM.).   ...   Sp. 53. (29). Callolophus malaccensis (LATH.)." (Salvadori 1874); "Callolophus Salvadori, 1874, Annali Mus. Civico Storia Naturale di Genova, (Cat. Sistematico degli Uccelli di Borneo), p. 49.  Type, by subsequent designation (Blanford, 1895, Fauna British India, Birds, III, p. 29), Picus malaccensis Latham, 1790 = Picus miniaceus Pennant, 1769." (JAJ 2022).


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