| Dendrocopos | |
|---|---|
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| White-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Tribe: | Melanerpini |
| Genus: | Dendrocopos Koch, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Picus major[2] Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Species | |
See text | |
Dendrocopos is a widespreadgenus ofwoodpeckers from Asia, Europe and Northern Africa. The species range from the Philippines to the British Isles.
The genusDendrocopos was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalistCarl Ludwig Koch.[3] The name combines theAncient Greekdendron meaning "tree" withkopos meaning "striking".[4] Thetype species was designated as thegreat spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) by the Scottish ornithologistEdward Hargitt in 1890 in his catalogue of woodpeckers in the collection of theBritish Museum.[5][6]
The genus at one time contained around 25 species. Amolecular phylogenetic analysis of the pied woodpeckers published in 2015 found thatDendrocopos waspolyphyletic. In the rearranged genera the number of species inDendrocopos was reduced to 12 as listed below.[7][8]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dendrocopos hyperythrus | Rufous-bellied woodpecker | Indian subcontinent and Southeast and East Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, North Korea, South Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam |
_at_Kolkata_I_IMG_3848.jpg) | Dendrocopos macei | Fulvous-breasted woodpecker | Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, India and Myanmar |
 | Dendrocopos analis | Freckle-breasted woodpecker | Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam |
 | Dendrocopos atratus | Stripe-breasted woodpecker | India to Vietnam and the province of Yunnan in southwestern China |
.jpg) | Dendrocopos darjellensis | Darjeeling woodpecker | Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Tibet |
_I2_IMG_3947.jpg) | Dendrocopos himalayensis | Himalayan woodpecker | Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan |
 | Dendrocopos assimilis | Sind woodpecker | India (extreme west), Iran, and Pakistan |
 | Dendrocopos syriacus | Syrian woodpecker | southeastern Europe east to Iran |
 | Dendrocopos leucopterus | White-winged woodpecker | Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
.jpg) | Dendrocopos major | Great spotted woodpecker | British Isles to Japan, and in North Africa from Morocco to Tunisia |
 | Dendrocopos noguchii | Okinawa woodpecker | Okinawa in Japan |
| Dendrocopos leucotos | White-backed woodpecker | Eastern Europe across the Palearctic to Japan |
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