Dryobates

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Dryobates
Male Nuttall's woodpecker in California, USA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Tribe: Melanerpini
Genus: Dryobates
F. Boie, 1826
Species

Seven, see text

Dryobates is a

Picidae
. The species are widely distributed and occur in both Eurasia and the Americas.

Taxonomy

The genus Dryobates was named by the German naturalist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) as the type species.[1]

The genus name Dryobates is from the Greek compound word δρυο-βάτης : 'woodland walker'; from δρῦς : drus (genitive δρυός : dryós) meaning woodland and -βάτης : -bátēs meaning walker.[2] In the eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, the genus Dryobates is expanded to include all the species in Leuconotopicus and Veniliornis.[3]

The genus contains the following species:[4]

Male Female Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Dryobates nuttallii Nuttall's woodpecker northern California extending south towards the northwest region of Baja California, Mexico
Dryobates pubescens Downy woodpecker North America
Male hairy woodpecker clinging to a tree trunk
Hairy Woodpecker, female, feeding on suet. Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area, Quebec, Canada.
 Dryobates villosus Hairy woodpecker Much of North America, as well as parts of Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica
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
Dryobates minor Lesser spotted woodpecker Europe and northern Asia
Dryobates cathpharius Crimson-naped woodpecker Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar and Nepal
Dryobates pernyii Necklaced woodpecker Bangladesh, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam

References

  1. ^ Boie, Friedrich (1826). "Generalübersicht". Isis von Oken (in German). 18–19. Jena. Col 977.
  2. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
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  3. ^ Clements, J.F.; Schulenberg, T.S.; Iliff, M.J.; Billerman, S.M.; Fredericks, T.A.; Sullivan, B.L.; Wood, C.L. (2021). "The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2021". Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Woodpeckers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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