Dryobates

Dryobates
Male Nuttall's woodpecker in California, USA
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Piciformes
Family:Picidae
Tribe:Dendropicini
Genus:Dryobates
F. Boie, 1826
Species

Six, see text

Dryobates is a genus of woodpeckers in the family Picidae. It contains the following species:[1]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Dryobates nuttalliNuttall's woodpeckernorthern California extending south towards the northwest region of Baja California, Mexico
Dryobates pubescensDowny woodpeckerNorth America
Dryobates scalarisLadder-backed woodpeckersouthwestern United States (north to extreme southern Nevada and extreme southeastern Colorado), most of Mexico, and locally in Central America as far south as Nicaragua
Dryobates minorLesser spotted woodpeckerEurope
Dryobates cathphariusCrimson-breasted woodpeckerBangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam


The name of the genus was introduced by the German naturalist Friedrich Boie in 1826.[2] The word Dryobates is from the Greek druos meaning woodland and batēs meaning walker.[3] Some taxonomic authorities, including the American Ornithological Society, continue to place the American species in the genus Picoides. Other taxonomic authorities continue to place the other species in the genus Dendrocopos.

References

  1. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Woodpeckers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Boie, Friedrich (1826). "Generalübersicht". Isis von Oken (in German). Jena. 18-19. Col 977.
  3. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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