Biology:Meiglyptes

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Short description: Genus of birds

Meiglyptes
Buff-rumped Woodpecker (14100212853).jpg
Buff-rumped woodpecker (Meiglyptes grammithorax)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Tribe: Picini
Genus: Meiglyptes
Swainson, 1837
Type species
Picus poicilophus[1]
Temminck, 1823
Species

see text

Meiglyptes is a genus of Southeast Asian birds in the woodpecker family Picidae.

The genus was introduced by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1837 with the white-rumped woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis) as the type species.[2][3] The name combines the Ancient Greek meiōn meaning "smaller" or "lesser" with gluptēs meaning "carver".[4] 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.[5]

The genus contains 4 species.[6]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Buff-rumped Woodpecker (14100212853).jpg Meiglyptes grammithorax Buff-rumped woodpecker southern Myanmar and Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra and Borneo
White-rumped Woodpecker 0A2A0957.jpg Meiglyptes tristis Zebra woodpecker Java
Meiglyptes jugularis (Black-and-buff Woodpecker).jpg Meiglyptes jugularis Black-and-buff woodpecker Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Buff-necked Woodpecker - Krung Ching - Thailand S4E3663 (14256613532).jpg Meiglyptes tukki Buff-necked woodpecker Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand

References

  1. "Picidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=96. 
  2. Swainson, William John (1837). On the Natural History and Classification of Birds. 2. London: John Taylor. p. 309. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41945087. 
  3. Peters, James Lee, ed (1948). Check-List of Birds of the World. 6. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 147. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14477580. 
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 246. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/helmdictionarysc00jobl_997. 
  5. 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. PMID 28890006. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319596154. 
  6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (2020). "Woodpeckers". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/woodpeckers/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q135940 entry