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Category:Picoides

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Genus: Picoides

[edit] Description

13 species of Woodpeckers, mainly from North America and South America, one species in Europe and Asia.

[edit] Taxonomy

Picoides is a genus in the Family Picidae.
Two SACC proposals deal with moving one species into this genus (Smoky-brown Woodpecker) and two over into Veniliornis (Checkered Woodpecker and Striped Woodpecker).
More serious are comments in the same proposals that the genus Picoides is a non-natural entity and it is likely to be split or otherwise rearranged in a major way in the future. It will be exciting to see where all of this ends!

Genus Picoides view • edit
P. scalaris Ladder-backed Woodpecker
P. nuttallii Nuttall's Woodpecker
P. pubescens Downy Woodpecker
P. villosus Hairy Woodpecker
P. arizonae Arizona Woodpecker
P. stricklandi Strickland's Woodpecker
P. borealis Red-cockaded Woodpecker
P. albolarvatus White-headed Woodpecker
P. tridactylus Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker
P. dorsalis American Three-toed Woodpecker
P. arcticus Black-backed Woodpecker
P. mixtus Checkered Woodpecker
P. lignarius Striped Woodpecker

[edit] References

  1. SACC proposal to move Checkered Woodpecker and Striped Woodpecker
  2. SACC proposal to move Smoky-brown Woodpecker

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