Dendrocopos
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Dendrocopos is a widespread genus of woodpeckers from Asia, Europe and Northern Africa. The species range from the Philippines to the British Isles.
Taxonomy
The genus Dendrocopos was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch. The name combines the Ancient Greek dendron meaning "tree" with kopos meaning "striking". The type species was designated as Picus major Linnaeus, 1758, the great spotted woodpecker, by the Scottish ornithologist Edward Hargitt in 1890 in his catalogue of woodpeckers in the collection of the British Museum.
The genus at one time contained around 25 species. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the pied woodpeckers published in 2015 found that Dendrocopos was polyphyletic. In the rearranged genera the number of species in Dendrocopos was reduced to 12 as listed below.
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dendrocopos hyperythrus | Rufous-bellied woodpecker | Indian subcontinent and Southeast and East Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, North Korea, South Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam | |
| Dendrocopos macei | Fulvous-breasted woodpecker | Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, India and Myanmar | |
| Dendrocopos analis | Freckle-breasted woodpecker | Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam | |
| Dendrocopos atratus | Stripe-breasted woodpecker | India to Vietnam and the province of Yunnan in southwestern China | |
| Dendrocopos darjellensis | Darjeeling woodpecker | Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Tibet | |
| Dendrocopos himalayensis | Himalayan woodpecker | Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan | |
| Dendrocopos assimilis | Sind woodpecker | India (extreme west), Iran, and Pakistan | |
| Dendrocopos syriacus | Syrian woodpecker | southeastern Europe east to Iran | |
| Dendrocopos leucopterus | White-winged woodpecker | Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan | |
| Dendrocopos major | Great spotted woodpecker | British Isles to Japan, and in North Africa from Morocco to Tunisia | |
| Dendrocopos noguchii | Okinawa woodpecker | Okinawa in Japan | |
| Dendrocopos leucotos | White-backed woodpecker | Eastern Europe across the Palearctic to Japan |
Further reading
- Sangster, G.; et al. (2016). "Taxonomic recommendations for Western Palearctic birds: 11th report". Ibis. 158 (1): 206–212. doi:.
- Winkler, H.; Gamauf, A.; Nittinger, F.; Haring, E. (2014). . Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Series B für Botanik und Zoologie. 116: 69–86.