| Campephilus | |
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| Pale-billed woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Tribe: | Campephilini |
| Genus: | Campephilus G.R. Gray, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Picus principalis [1] Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Species | |
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Campephilus is a genus of large American woodpeckers in the family Picidae. [2]
The genus Campephilus was introduced by English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840, with the ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) as the type species. [3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek kampē meaning "caterpillar" and philos meaning "loving". [4] The genus is placed in the tribe Campephilini in the subfamily Picinae and is sister to a clade containing woodpeckers from Southeast Asia in the genera Chrysocolaptes , Blythipicus , and Reinwardtipicus . [5]
The genus contains 12 species: [6]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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 | Powerful woodpecker | Campephilus pollens | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela |
 | Splendid woodpecker | Campephilus splendens | Panama, western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador |
 | Crimson-bellied woodpecker | Campephilus haematogaster | Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. |
 | Red-necked woodpecker | Campephilus rubricollis | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |
 | Robust woodpecker | Campephilus robustus | Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. |
 | Crimson-crested woodpecker | Campephilus melanoleucos | Panama south to northern border regions of Argentina, and on Trinidad. |
 | Guayaquil woodpecker | Campephilus gayaquilensis | southern Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru. |
 | Pale-billed woodpecker | Campephilus guatemalensis | northern Mexico to western Panama. |
 | Cream-backed woodpecker | Campephilus leucopogon | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and far northwestern Uruguay. |
 | Magellanic woodpecker | Campephilus magellanicus | southern Chile and southwestern Argentina |
 | Ivory-billed woodpecker | Campephilus principalis | Southern United States |
 | Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker | Campephilus principalis bairdii | Cuba |
 | Imperial woodpecker | Campephilus imperialis – possibly extinct (2001) | Mexico. |
A fossil species, C. dalquesti, was described from bones found in Late Pleistocene deposits of Scurry County, Texas.
Picinae containing the true woodpeckers is one of four subfamilies that make up the woodpecker family Picidae. True woodpeckers are found over much of the world, but do not occur in Madagascar or Australasia.
The sapsuckers are species of North American woodpeckers in the genus Sphyrapicus.
Chrysocolaptes is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae that are found in South and Southeast Asia.
Dinopium is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. The species are found in South and Southeast Asia.
Dryocopus is a genus of large powerful woodpeckers, typically 35–45 cm in length. It has representatives in North and South America, Europe, and Asia; some South American species are endangered. It was believed to be closely related to the American genus Campephilus, but it is part of a different lineage of woodpeckers altogether
Picoides is a genus of woodpeckers that are native to Eurasia and North America, commonly known as three-toed woodpeckers.
Melanerpes is a genus of woodpeckers of the family Picidae found in the Americas. The 24 members of the genus are mostly colourful birds, conspicuously barred in black and white, with some red and yellow.
Colaptes is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. The 14 species are found across the Americas.
Dendrocopos is a widespread genus of woodpeckers from Asia, Europe and Northern Africa. The species range from the Philippines to the British Isles.
Blythipicus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae that are found in Southeast Asia.
Campethera is a genus of bird in the family Picidae, or woodpeckers, that are native to sub-Saharan Africa. Most species are native to woodland and savanna rather than deep forest, and multiple species exhibit either arboreal or terrestrial foraging strategies. Its nearest relative is the monotypic genus Geocolaptes of southern Africa, which employs terrestrial foraging and breeding strategies. They are however not close relatives of similar-looking woodpeckers in the "Dendropicos clade".
Dendropicos is a genus of woodpeckers in the family Picidae. They are small woodpeckers that are native to the sub-Saharan woodlands and forests.
Meiglyptes is a genus of Southeast Asian birds in the woodpecker family Picidae.
Mulleripicus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. They are found in South and Southeast Asia. The genus forms part of the woodpecker subfamily Picinae and has a sister relationship to the genus Dryocopus whose species are widely distributed in Eurasia and the Americas.
Piculus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae that are found in Central and South America.
Celeus is a genus of bird in the woodpecker family, Picidae, found in tropical and subtropical forests and woodlands of Central and South America. The genus contains 13 extant species. One, Kaempfer's woodpecker, was believed to be extinct until a specimen was caught in 2006.
Leuconotopicus is a genus of woodpeckers in the family Picidae native to North and South America.
Yungipicus is a genus of woodpeckers in the family Picidae native to Asia. The species in this genus were previously placed in the genus Dendrocopos.
Dendrocoptes is a genus of woodpeckers in the native to Eurasia.
Chloropicus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae that are native to Sub-Saharan Africa.
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