The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Gecinus
(Picidae; syn. Picus Ϯ Green Woodpecker P. viridis) Gr. γη gē earth, ground; κινεω kineō to move (cf. γηινος gēinos of earth); "Gecinus, für P. viridis, P. canus, P. olivaceus, P. campestris, P. dimidiatus, Picus melanochlorus. * Erdspechte. ... * Die Characteristik der Gattung anderswo." (Boie 1831); "Erdhacker. Gecinus *), Boje. ... *) Γηκινος, einer der die Erde bewegt." (Brehm 1831); "Gecinus Boie, Isis von Oken, 1831, col. 542. Type, by subsequent designation, G. viridis (L.) = Picus viridis Linné. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 55.)" (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 130).
Var. Geginus.
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