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Chrysocolaptes is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae that are found in South and Southeast Asia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPiciformes
  5. FamilyPicidae
Observations recorded117,962

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
75
With media
15
Family
Picidae
Collections
ROM, FMNH
Recorded in
Malaysia, Brunei; Indonesia; Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Picinae
Image
White-naped Woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus) in Hyderabad W IMG 7547.jpg
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Commons category
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taxon name
Chrysocolaptes
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Category:Chrysocolaptes
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Species
  • References

Chrysocolaptes is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae that are found in South and Southeast Asia.

==Taxonomy== The genus was introduced by English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1843. The type species was subsequently designated as the Javan flameback (Chrysocolaptes strictus) by Scottish ornithologist Edward Hargitt in 1890. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek khrusos meaning "gold" and kolaptēs meaning "chiseller". The genus belongs to the tribe Campephilini in the subfamily Picinae.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chrysocolaptes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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