Chrysocolaptes | |
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White-naped woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus) | |
Scientific classification | |
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 | |
see text |
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]
The genus contains ten species: [6]
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Chrysocolaptes validus | Orange-backed woodpecker | Malesia | |
Chrysocolaptes festivus | White-naped woodpecker | India and Sri Lanka | |
Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus | Greater flameback | Himalayas, ne India to Southern China, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, western and central Java, and northeast Borneo | |
Chrysocolaptes socialis | Malabar flameback | Southwest India | |
Chrysocolaptes stricklandi | Crimson-backed flameback | Sri Lanka | |
Chrysocolaptes strictus | Javan flameback | Java, Bali, and Kangean Islands | |
Chrysocolaptes haematribon | Luzon flameback | Luzon, Polillo, Catanduanes, and Marinduque, the Philippines | |
Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus | Yellow-faced flameback | Philippine islands of Negros, Guimaras, Panay, Masbate, and Ticao | |
Chrysocolaptes lucidus | Buff-spotted flameback | Philippine islands of Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Biliran, Panaon, Mindanao, Basilan, and Samal | |
Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus | Red-headed flameback | Philippine islands of Balabac, Palawan, Busuanga, and Calamian | |
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