Piculus

Piculus
Adult male rufous-winged woodpecker (Piculus simplex)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Piciformes
Family:Picidae
Tribe:Picini
Genus:Piculus
Spix, 1824
Species

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Piculus is a genus of bird in the family Picidae.

Species

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Piculus simplexRufous-winged woodpeckerCosta Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama
Piculus callopterusStripe-cheeked woodpeckerPanama
Piculus litaeLita woodpeckerwestern Colombia and north-western Ecuador.
Piculus leucolaemusWhite-throated woodpeckerAmazon Basin, Brazil, mainly in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
Piculus flavigulaYellow-throated woodpeckerBrazil and the entire Amazon Basin; also the Guianas, and Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Piculus chrysochlorosGolden-green woodpeckerAmazon Basin in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru and Suriname
Piculus aurulentusYellow-browed woodpeckerArgentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

Three other species, formerly placed here, are now in Colaptes.


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