Dryobates
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Dryobates is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. The species are widely distributed and occur in both Eurasia and the Americas.
Taxonomy
The genus Dryobates was named by the German naturalist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) as the type species.
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. In the eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, the genus Dryobates is expanded to include all the species in Leuconotopicus and Veniliornis.
The genus contains the following species:
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuttall's woodpecker Male Female | Dryobates nuttallii (Gambel, 1843) | northern California extending south towards the northwest region of Baja California, Mexico | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Downy woodpecker Male Female | Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) Seven subspecies D. p. glacialis (Grinnell, 1910)D. p. medianus (Swainson, 1832)D. p. fumidus (Maynard, 1889)D. p. gairdnerii (Audubon, 1839)D. p. turati (Malherbe, 1860)D. p. leucurus (Hartlaub, 1852)D. p. pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) | North America | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Ladder-backed woodpecker Male Female | Dryobates scalaris (Wagler, 1829) | 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 | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Lesser spotted woodpecker Male Female | Dryobates minor (Linnaeus, 1758) Thirteen subspecies D. m. comminutus (Hartert, 1907)D. m. minor (Linnaeus, 1758)D. m. kamtschatkensis (Malherbe, 1860)D. m. immaculatus (Stejneger, 1884)D. m. amurensis (Buturlin, 1908)D. m. hortorum (Brehm, CL, 1831)D. m. buturlini Hartert, 1912D. m. danfordi (Hargitt, 1883)D. m. colchicus (Buturlin, 1908)D. m. quadrifasciatus (Radde, 1884)D. m. hyrcanus (Zarudny & Bilkevitch, 1913)D. m. morgani (Zarudny & Loudon, 1904)D. m. ledouci (Malherbe, 1855) – northwest Africa | Europe and northern Asia | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Crimson-naped woodpecker | Dryobates cathpharius (Blyth, 1843) Two subspecies D. c. ludlowiD. c. pyrrhothorax | Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar and Nepal | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Necklaced woodpecker | Dryobates pernyii (Verreaux, J,, 1867) | Bangladesh, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |