Chrysocolaptes

Chrysocolaptes
White-naped woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus)
Scientific classification
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]

Species

The genus contains nine species: ^[6]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	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

References

1. "Picidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
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. Bibcode:2017MolPE.116..182S. 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.