| Gecinulus | |
|---|---|
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| Pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Tribe: | Picini |
| Genus: | Gecinulus Blyth, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Picus grantia[1] Horsfield, 1840 | |
| Species | |
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Gecinulus is agenus of birds in the woodpecker familyPicidae. The species are found inSouth andSoutheast Asia.
The genusGecinulus was introduced by the English zoologistEdward Blyth in 1840 to accommodate thepale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia).[2] The genus name is a diminutive of the genus nameGecinus which had been introduced by the German ornithologistFriedrich Boie in 1831.Gecinus combines theClassical Greekgē meaning "earth" or "ground" withkineō meaning "to move".[3]
The genus contains three species:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Gecinulus rafflesii | Olive-backed woodpecker | Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and Indonesia |
| Gecinulus grantia | Pale-headed woodpecker | Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam |
 | Gecinulus viridis | Bamboo woodpecker | Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and the Malay Peninsula |
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