Dryobates
| Dryobates | |
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| Male Nuttall's woodpecker in California, USA | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Tribe: | Melanerpini |
| Genus: | Dryobates F. Boie, 1826 |
| Species | |
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Six, see text | |
Dryobates is a genus of woodpeckers in the family Picidae. It contains the following species:[1]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Dryobates nuttalli | Nuttall's woodpecker | northern California extending south towards the northwest region of Baja California, Mexico |
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Dryobates pubescens | Downy woodpecker | North America |
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Dryobates scalaris | Ladder-backed woodpecker | southwestern United States (north to extreme southern Nevada and extreme southeastern Colorado), most of Mexico, and locally in Central America as far south as Nicaragua |
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Dryobates minor | Lesser spotted woodpecker | Europe |
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Dryobates cathpharius | Crimson-breasted woodpecker | Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam |
The name of the genus was introduced by the German naturalist Friedrich Boie in 1826.[2] The word Dryobates is from the Greek druos meaning woodland and batēs meaning walker.[3] Some taxonomic authorities, including the American Ornithological Society, continue to place the American species in the genus Picoides. Other taxonomic authorities continue to place the other species in the genus Dendrocopos.
References
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Woodpeckers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Boie, Friedrich (1826). "Generalübersicht". Isis von Oken (in German). 18–19. Jena. Col 977.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.