Genus of birds
Meiglyptes |
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Buff-rumped woodpecker (Meiglyptes grammithorax) |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Tribe: | Picini |
Genus: | Meiglyptes Swainson, 1837 |
Type species |
Picus poicilophus[1]
Temminck, 1823 |
Species |
see text |
Meiglyptes is a genus of Southeast Asian birds in the woodpecker family Picidae.
The genus was introduced by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1837 with the white-rumped woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis) as the type species.[2][3] The name combines the Ancient Greek meiōn meaning "smaller" or "lesser" with gluptēs meaning "carver".[4] The genus belongs to the tribe Picini within the woodpecker subfamily Picinae. The genus is sister to the rufous woodpecker in its own monotypic genus Micropternus.[5]
The genus contains 4 species.[6]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Buff-rumped_Woodpecker_%2814100212853%29.jpg/120px-Buff-rumped_Woodpecker_%2814100212853%29.jpg) | Meiglyptes grammithorax | Buff-rumped woodpecker | southern Myanmar and Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra and Borneo |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/White-rumped_Woodpecker_0A2A0957.jpg/120px-White-rumped_Woodpecker_0A2A0957.jpg) | Meiglyptes tristis | Zebra woodpecker | Java |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Meiglyptes_jugularis_%28Black-and-buff_Woodpecker%29.jpg/120px-Meiglyptes_jugularis_%28Black-and-buff_Woodpecker%29.jpg) | Meiglyptes jugularis | Black-and-buff woodpecker | Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Buff-necked_Woodpecker_-_Krung_Ching_-_Thailand_S4E3663_%2814256613532%29.jpg/120px-Buff-necked_Woodpecker_-_Krung_Ching_-_Thailand_S4E3663_%2814256613532%29.jpg) | Meiglyptes tukki | Buff-necked woodpecker | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand |
References
- ^ "Picidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ Swainson, William John (1837). On the Natural History and Classification of Birds. Vol. 2. London: John Taylor. p. 309.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1948). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 6. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 147.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 246. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Shakya, S.B.; Fuchs, J.; Pons, J.M.; Sheldon, F.H. (2017). "Tapping the woodpecker tree for evolutionary insight". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 116: 182–191. Bibcode:2017MolPE.116..182S. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.005. PMID 28890006.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Woodpeckers". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
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