Meiglyptes
Meiglyptes is a genus of Southeast Asian birds in the family woodpecker family Picidae.
| Meiglyptes | |
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| Buff-rumped woodpecker (Meiglyptes grammithorax) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Tribe: | Picini |
| Genus: | Meiglyptes Swainson, 1837 |
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The genus was introduced by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1837 with the white-rumped woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis) as the type species.[1][2] The name combines the Ancient Greek meiōn meaning "smaller" or "lesser" with gluptēs meaning "carver".[3] 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.[4]
The genus contains 3 species.[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Meiglyptes tristis | Buff-rumped woodpecker | southern Myanmar and Thailand, Malaya, Java, Sumatra and Borneo |
| Meiglyptes jugularis | Black-and-buff woodpecker | Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. | |
.jpg.webp) | Meiglyptes tukki | Buff-necked woodpecker | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand |
References
- Swainson, William John (1837). On the Natural History and Classification of Birds. Volume 2. London: John Taylor. p. 309.
- Peters, James Lee, ed. (1948). Check-List of Birds of the World. Volume 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.005.
- 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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