Flamebacks | |
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Common flameback (Dinopium javanense) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Tribe: | Picini |
Genus: | Dinopium Rafinesque, 1814 |
Type species | |
Dinopium (Picoides) erythronotus [1] Rafinesque, 1814 | |
Species | |
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Dinopium is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. The species are found in South and Southeast Asia.
The genus was introduced by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1814 to accommodate the common flameback (Dinopium javanense). [2] [3] The name combines the Classical Greek deinos meaning "mighty" or "huge" and ōps/ōpos meaning "appearance". [4]
A large phylogenetic study of the woodpecker family Picidae published in 2017 found that the genus was paraphyletic. The olive-backed woodpecker (Dinopium rafflesii) is more closely related to the pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia) than it is to other members of the genus Dinopium. [5]
As presently constituted, the genus contains the following 5 species: [6]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Dinopium shorii | Himalayan flameback | Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, and Nepal |
![]() | Dinopium javanense | Common flameback | Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam |
![]() | Dinopium everetti | Spot-throated flameback | island of Palawan in the Philippines. |
![]() | Dinopium benghalense | Black-rumped flameback | Pakistan, India south of the Himalayas and east till the western Assam valley and Meghalaya, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka |
![]() | Dinopium psarodes | Red-backed flameback | Sri Lanka |
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Chrysocolaptes is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae that are found in South and Southeast Asia.
The black-rumped flameback, also known as the lesser golden-backed woodpecker or lesser goldenback, is a woodpecker found widely distributed in the Indian subcontinent. It is one of the few woodpeckers that are seen in urban areas. It has a characteristic rattling-whinnying call and an undulating flight. It is the only golden-backed woodpecker with a black throat and a black rump.
Campephilus is a genus of large American woodpeckers in the family Picidae.
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 New World. 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.
Dendropicos is a genus of woodpeckers in the family Picidae. They are small woodpeckers that are native to the sub-Saharan woodlands and forests.
The olive-backed woodpecker is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae that is found in Southeast Asia.
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.
Leuconotopicus is a genus of woodpeckers in the family Picidae native to North and South America.
Chrysophlegma is a genus of birds in the woodpeckers family Picidae. These species, found in South and Southeast Asia, were all previously assigned to the genus Picus.
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.