Melanerpes
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| Melanerpes carolinus | |
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| Genus: | Melanerpes Swainson, 1832
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Melanerpes is a genus of woodpeckers of the family Picidae found in the New World.
The genus was introduced by the English ornithologist William John Swainson in 1832.[1] The word Melanerpes come from the Greek melas meaning black and herpēs meaning creeper.[2]
The genus includes 24 species:[3]
- White woodpecker, Melanerpes candidus
- Lewis's woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis
- Guadeloupe woodpecker, Melanerpes herminieri
- Puerto Rican woodpecker, Melanerpes portoricensis
- Red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus
- Yellow-tufted woodpecker, Melanerpes cruentatus
- Yellow-fronted woodpecker, Melanerpes flavifrons
- Golden-naped woodpecker, Melanerpes chrysauchen
- Beautiful woodpecker, Melanerpes pulcher
- Black-cheeked woodpecker, Melanerpes pucherani
- White-fronted woodpecker, Melanerpes cactorum
- Hispaniolan woodpecker, Melanerpes striatus
- Jamaican woodpecker, Melanerpes radiolatus
- Golden-cheeked woodpecker, Melanerpes chrysogenys
- Grey-breasted woodpecker, Melanerpes hypopolius
- Yucatan woodpecker, Melanerpes pygmaeus
- Red-crowned woodpecker, Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Gila woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis
- Hoffmann's woodpecker, Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Golden-fronted woodpecker, Melanerpes aurifrons
- Velasquez's woodpecker, Melanerpes santacruzi
- Red-bellied woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus
- West Indian woodpecker, Melanerpes superciliaris
- Grand Bahama West Indian woodpecker, Melanerpes superciliaris bahamensis (extinct: 1950s)
References
- ^ Swainson, William John (1831). Richardson, John (ed.). Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America : containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N.: Part 2, The Birds. p. 316. The title page gives the date as 1831 but the volume was not actually published until the following year.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Woodpeckers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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