Chloropicus
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| Bearded woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus | |
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| Genus: | Chloropicus Malherbe, 1845
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Chloropicus is a genus of woodpeckers in the family Picidae that are native to Africa. Species in this genus were previously assigned to Dendrocopos.[1][2]
The name of the genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Alfred Malherbe in 1845.[3] The word Chloropicus is from the Greek khlōros meaning green and pikos meaning woodpecker.[4]
The genus contains the three species:[2]
- Bearded woodpecker, Chloropicus namaquus
- Yellow-crested woodpecker, Chloropicus xantholophus
- Fire-bellied woodpecker, Chloropicus pyrrhogaster
References
- ^ Fuchs, J.; Pons, J.M. (2015). "A new classification of the pied woodpeckers assemblage (Dendropicini, Picidae) based on a comprehensive multi-locus phylogeny". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 88: 28–37. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.03.016. PMID 25818851.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Woodpeckers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Malherbe, Alfred (1845). "Description de dix espéces nouvelles du genre Picus, Linné". Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne (in French and Latin). 8: 399.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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