Chrysocolaptes

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Chrysocolaptes
White-naped Woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus) in Hyderabad W IMG 7547.jpg
White-naped woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Tribe: Campephilini
Genus: Chrysocolaptes
Blyth, 1843
Type species
Picus strictus [1]
Horsfield, 1821
Species

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Chrysocolaptes is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae that are found in South and Southeast Asia.

The genus was introduced by English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1843. [2] The type species was subsequently designated as the Javan flameback (Chrysocolaptes strictus) by Scottish ornithologist Edward Hargitt in 1890. [3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek khrusos meaning "gold" and kolaptēs meaning "chiseller". [4] The genus belongs to the tribe Campephilini in the subfamily Picinae and is sister to the orange-backed woodpecker, the only species in the genus Reinwardtipicus . [5]

Species

The genus contains nine species: [6]

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
White-naped Woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus) in Hyderabad W IMG 7547.jpg Chrysocolaptes festivus White-naped woodpecker India and Sri Lanka
Greater Flameback Woodpecker (male).jpg Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus Greater flameback Himalayas, ne India to Southern China, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, western and central Java, and northeast Borneo
Greater flameback woodpecker male.jpg Chrysocolaptes socialis Malabar flameback Southwest India
ChrysocolaptesStricklandiLegge.jpg Chrysocolaptes stricklandi Crimson-backed flameback Sri Lanka
Chrysocolaptes strictus Javan flameback Java, Bali, and Kangean Islands
Luzon-flameback.png Chrysocolaptes haematribon Luzon flameback Luzon, Polillo, Catanduanes, and Marinduque, the Philippines
ChrysocolaptesXanthocephalusKeulemans.jpg Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus Yellow-faced flameback Philippine islands of Negros, Guimaras, Panay, Masbate, and Ticao
Greater Goldenback - Ghatgarh, Uttarakhand, India (14979939507).jpg Chrysocolaptes lucidus Buff-spotted flameback Philippine islands of Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Biliran, Panaon, Mindanao, Basilan, and Samal
Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus - Keulemans.jpg Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus Red-headed flameback Philippine islands of Balabac, Palawan, Busuanga, and Calamian

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References

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  2. Blyth, Edward (1843). "Mr Blyth's monthly report for the December meeting, 1842, with addenda subsequently appended". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 12 Part 2 (143): 925–1011 [1004].
  3. Hargitt, Edward (1890). Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 18: Scansores. London: British Museum. p. 442.
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p.  105. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. Shakya, S.B.; Fuchs, J.; Pons, J.M.; Sheldon, F.H. (2017). "Tapping the woodpecker tree for evolutionary insight". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 116: 182–191. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.005 . PMID   28890006.
  6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela C, eds. (2024). "Woodpeckers". World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 December 2023.