The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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hypoxanthus

Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; ξανθος xanthos yellow (cf. ὑποξανθος hupoxanthos  yellowish, lightish-brown).


Hypoxanthus

(Picidae; syn. Piculus Crimson-mantled Woodpecker P. rivolii) Gr. ὑπο hupo  beneath; ξανθος xanthos  yellow (cf. specific name Colaptes hypoxanthus Blyth, 1845 (= syn. Piculus rivolii)); "g. Colapteæ   ...   40. HYPOXANTHUS, Bp.  —  228. rivolii, Boissonn. (elegans, Fraser.)" (Bonaparte 1854); "Hypoxanthus Bonaparte, 1854, Conspectus Volucrum Zygodactylorum, p. 11.  Type, by monotypy, Picus rivolii Boissonneau, 1840.” (JAJ 2022).


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