Chrysophlegma

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Chrysophlegma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Tribe: Picini
Genus: Chrysophlegma
Gould, 1850
Type species
Picus flavinucha[1]
Gould, 1834
Species

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Chrysophlegma is a

Picus
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Taxonomy

The species now placed in Chrysophlegma were previously assigned to the genus

Classical Greek khrusos meaning "gold" and phlegma meaning "flame" or "fire".[5]

The genus contains 3 species.[3]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Chrysophlegma flavinucha[6] Greater yellownape East Asia from northern and eastern India to south-eastern China, Indochina, Hainan, and Sumatra
Chrysophlegma mentale[7] Checker-throated woodpecker Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and Indonesia.
Chrysophlegma miniaceum[8] Banded woodpecker Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand

References

  1. ^ "Picidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. PMID 18487062
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  3. ^ . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. ^ Gould, John (1850). "Chrysophlegma flavinucha". The Birds of Asia. Vol. 6. London: self. Plate 36 and text.
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