Piculus

Genus of birds

Piculus

Adult male rufous-winged woodpecker (Piculus simplex)
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Piciformes
Family:  | Picidae
Tribe:  | Picini
Genus:  | Piculus
Spix, 1824
Type species
Piculus macrocephalus[1]

von Spix, 1824

Species

See text

Piculus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae that are found in Central and South America.

## Taxonomy[edit]

The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix in 1824.[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the golden-green woodpecker (Piculus chrysochloros) by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser in 1923.[3] The generic name is a diminutive of the Latin word Picus meaning "woodpecker".[4]

The genus forms part of the woodpecker subfamily Picinae and has a sister relationship to the genus Dryocopus whose species are found in Eurasia and the Americas. The genus Piculus is a member of the tribe Picini and belongs to a clade that contains five genera: Colaptes, Piculus, Mulleripicus, Dryocopus and Celeus.[5]

The genus contains seven species:[6]

Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution

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| Piculus simplex | Rufous-winged woodpecker | Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. Formerly considered to be a subspecies of the white-throated woodpecker.
| Piculus callopterus | Stripe-cheeked woodpecker | Panama. Formerly considered to be a subspecies of the white-throated woodpecker.
| Piculus litae | Lita woodpecker | western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador
| Piculus leucolaemus | White-throated woodpecker | The Amazon Basin, Brazil, mainly in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
| Piculus flavigula | Yellow-throated woodpecker | Brazil and the entire Amazon Basin; also in the Guianas, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela
| Piculus chrysochloros | Golden-green woodpecker | The Amazon Basin in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru and Suriname
| Piculus aurulentus | Yellow-browed woodpecker | Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.

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

## References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piculus.

1. ^ "Picidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
2. ^ von Spix, Johann Baptist (1824). Avium species novae, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX (in Latin). Vol. 1\. Monachii [München]: Typis Franc. Seraph. Hübschmanni. Index p. 3. The link is to a scan of the 2nd edition published in 1838–1839.
3. ^ Oberholser, Harry C. (1923). "Chloronerpes Swainson versus Piculus Spix". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 36: 201–202.
4. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 306. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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.
6. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Woodpeckers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

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Genera of trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, woodpeckers and their extinct allies

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Class: Aves
* Infraclass: Neognathae
* Clade: Coraciimorphae
* Clade: Cavitaves

Cavitaves

| Leptosomiformes|

| Leptosomidae|

* Leptosomus
* †Plesiocathartes?
* †Waltonavis

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Eucavitaves|

| Trogoniformes|

| Trogonidae|

* Apalharpactes
* Apaloderma
* †Eotrogon
* Euptilotis
* †Foshanornis
* Harpactes
* †Masillatrogon
* †Paratrogon
* Pharomachrus
* †Primotrogon
* Priotelus
* †Septentrogon
* Trogon

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Picocoraciae|

| Bucerotiformes|

*     * See below ↓

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Picodynastornithes|

| Coraciiformes|

*     * See below ↓

|

Piciformes|

*     * See below ↓

Bucerotiformes

Bucerotiformes

| †Laurillardiidae|

* Laurillardia

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†Messelirrisoridae|

* Messelirrisor

Upupi|

| Phoeniculidae|

* †Phirriculus
* Phoeniculus
* Rhinopomastus

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Upupidae|

* Upupa

Buceroti|

| Bucorvidae|

* Bucorvus
* †Euroceros

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Bucerotidae|

* Aceros
* Anorrhinus
* Anthracoceros
* Berenicornis
* Buceros
* Bycanistes
* Ceratogymna
* Horizocerus
* Lophoceros
* Ocyceros
* Penelopides
* Rhabdotorrhinus
* Rhinoplax
* Rhyticeros
* Tockus

Coraciiformes

| incertae sedis|

* †Cryptornis
* †Paracoracias
* †Quasisyndactylus

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†Eocoraciidae|

* Eocoracias

†Geranopteridae|

* Geranopterus

†Primobucconidae|

* Primobucco
* Septencoracias

Brachypteraciidae|

* Atelornis
* Brachypteracias
* Geobiastes
* Uratelornis

Coraciidae|

* †Chehuenia
* Coracias
* Eurystomus
* †Miocoracias

Meropidae|

* Meropogon
* Merops
* Nyctyornis

Alcedines|

| Alcedinidae|

| Alcedininae|

* Alcedo
* Ceyx
* Corythornis
* Ispidina

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Cerylinae|

* Ceryle
* Chloroceryle
* Megaceryle

Halcyoninae|

* Actenoides
* Caridonax
* Cittura
* Clytoceyx
* Dacelo
* Halcyon
* Lacedo
* Melidora
* Pelargopsis
* Syma
* Tanysiptera
* Todiramphus

Momotidae|

* Aspatha
* Baryphthengus
* Electron
* Eumomota
* Hylomanes
* Momotus
* †Protornis?

Todidae|

* †Palaeotodus
* Todus

Piciformes

| incertae sedis|

* †"Homalopus"

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†Gracilitarsidae|

* Gracilitarsus
* Neanis

†Sylphornithidae|

* Oligosylphe
* Palaegithalus?
* Sylphornis

Galbuli|

* †Jacamatia

Bucconidae|

* Bucco
* Chelidoptera
* Hapaloptila
* Hypnelus
* Malacoptila
* Micromonacha
* Monasa
* Nonnula
* Notharchus
* Nystalus

Galbulidae|

* Brachygalba
* Galbalcyrhynchus
* Galbula
* Jacamaralcyon
* Jacamerops

Pici|

| incertae sedis|

* †Rupelramphastoides

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†Miopiconidae|

* Miopico

†Picavidae|

* Picavus

Ramphastides|

| Capitonidae|

* Capito
* †Capitonides
* Eubucco

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Lybiidae|

* Buccanodon
* Cryptolybia
* Gymnobucco
* Lybius
* Pogoniulus
* Pogonornis
* Stactolaema
* Trachyphonus
* Tricholaema

Megalaimidae|

* Caloramphus
* Psilopogon

Ramphastidae|

* Andigena
* Aulacorhynchus
* Pteroglossus
* Ramphastos
* Selenidera

Semnornithidae|

* Semnornis

Picides|

| Indicatoridae|

* Indicator
* Melichneutes
* Melignomon
* Prodotiscus

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Picidae|

*     * See below ↓

Picidae

| incertae sedis|

* †Bitumenpicus
* †Breacopus
* †Palaeonerpes
* †Palaeopicus
* †Piculoides

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Jynginae|

* Jynx

Picumninae|

* Picumnus

Sasiinae|

* Sasia
* Verreauxia

Picinae|

* †Australopicus
* †Palaeonerpes
* †Pliopicus

Nesoctitini|

* Nesoctites

Hemicircini|

* Hemicircus

Picini|

* Campethera
* Celeus
* Chrysophlegma
* Colaptes
* Dinopium
* Dryocopus
* Gecinulus
* Geocolaptes
* Micropternus
* Meiglyptes
* Mulleripicus
* Pardipicus
* Piculus
* Picus

Campephilini|

* Blythipicus
* Campephilus
* Chrysocolaptes
* Reinwardtipicus

Melanerpini|

* Chloropicus
* Dendrocopos
* Dendrocoptes
* Dendropicos
* Dryobates
* Leiopicus
* Leuconotopicus
* Melanerpes
* Picoides
* Sphyrapicus
* Veniliornis
* Xiphidiopicus
* Yungipicus

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1193758
* Wikispecies: Piculus
* ADW: Piculus
* BOLD: 3083
* CoL: 63MBY
* GBIF: 5228868
* iNaturalist: 17700
* ITIS: 553531
* NCBI: 51360

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