Dryobates
Dryobates is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. The species are widely distributed and occur in both Eurasia and the Americas.
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| Male Nuttall's woodpecker in California, USA | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Tribe: | Melanerpini |
| Genus: | Dryobates F. Boie, 1826 |
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Six, see text | |
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]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dryobates nuttalli | Nuttall's woodpecker | northern California extending south towards the northwest region of Baja California, Mexico |
 | Dryobates pubescens | Downy woodpecker | North America |
 | 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 |
 | Dryobates cathpharius | Crimson-breasted woodpecker | Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam |
References
- Boie, Friedrich (1826). "Generalübersicht". Isis von Oken (in German). Jena. 18–19. Col 977.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Clements, J.F.; Schulenberg, T.S.; Iliff, M.J.; Billerman, S.M.; Fredericks, T.A.; Sullivan, B.L.; Wood, C.L. (2019). "The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019". Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Woodpeckers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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