Meiglyptes | |
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Buff-rumped woodpecker (Meiglyptes grammithorax) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Tribe: | Picini |
Genus: | Meiglyptes Swainson, 1837 |
Type species | |
Picus poicilophus [1] Temminck, 1823 | |
Species | |
see text |
Meiglyptes is a genus of Southeast Asian birds in the woodpecker family Picidae.
The genus was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1837 with the white-rumped woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis) as the type species. [2] [3] The name combines the Ancient Greek meiōn meaning "smaller" or "lesser" with gluptēs meaning "carver". [4] The genus belongs to the tribe Picini within the woodpecker subfamily Picinae. The genus is sister to the rufous woodpecker in its own monotypic genus Micropternus . [5]
The genus contains 4 species. [6]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Meiglyptes grammithorax | Buff-rumped woodpecker | southern Myanmar and Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra and Borneo | |
Meiglyptes tristis | Zebra woodpecker | Java | |
Meiglyptes jugularis | Black-and-buff woodpecker | Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. | |
Meiglyptes tukki | Buff-necked woodpecker | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand | |
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