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Chrysocolaptes

Summary

Chrysocolaptes is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae that are found in South and Southeast Asia.

Chrysocolaptes
White-naped woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Tribe: Campephilini
Genus: Chrysocolaptes
Blyth, 1843
Type species
Picus strictus[1]
Horsfield, 1821
Species

see text

The genus was introduced by English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1843.[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the Javan flameback (Chrysocolaptes strictus) by Scottish ornithologist Edward Hargitt in 1890.[3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek khrusos meaning "gold" and kolaptēs meaning "chiseller".[4] The genus belongs to the tribe Campephilini in the subfamily Picinae and is sister to the orange-backed woodpecker, the only species in the genus Reinwardtipicus.[5]

Species edit

The genus contains nine species:[6]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
  Chrysocolaptes festivus White-naped woodpecker India and Sri Lanka
  Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus Greater flameback Himalayas, ne India to Southern China, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, western and central Java, and northeast Borneo
  Chrysocolaptes socialis Malabar flameback Southwest India
  Chrysocolaptes stricklandi Crimson-backed flameback Sri Lanka
Chrysocolaptes strictus Javan flameback Java, Bali, and Kangean Islands
  Chrysocolaptes haematribon Luzon flameback Luzon, Polillo, Catanduanes, and Marinduque, the Philippines
  Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus Yellow-faced flameback Philippine islands of Negros, Guimaras, Panay, Masbate, and Ticao
  Chrysocolaptes lucidus Buff-spotted flameback Philippine islands of Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Biliran, Panaon, Mindanao, Basilan, and Samal
  Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus Red-headed flameback Philippine islands of Balabac, Palawan, Busuanga, and Calamian

References edit

  1. ^ "Picidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ Blyth, Edward (1843). "Mr Blyth's monthly report for the December meeting, 1842, with addenda subsequently appended". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 12 Part 2 (143): 925–1011 [1004].
  3. ^ Hargitt, Edward (1890). Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 18: Scansores. London: British Museum. p. 442.
  4. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. ^ 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.005. PMID 28890006.
  6. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela C, eds. (2024). "Woodpeckers". World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 December 2023.