Melanerpes
| Melanerpes | |
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| Melanerpes carolinus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Subfamily: | Picinae |
| Tribe: | Melanerpini |
| Genus: | Melanerpes Swainson, 1832 |
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Melanerpes is a genus of woodpeckers of the family Picidae found in the New World. The name comes from Latin, and means "black creeper".[1]
Species of Melanerpes
- White woodpecker, Melanerpes candidus
- Lewis's woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis
- Guadeloupe woodpecker, Melanerpes herminieri
- Puerto Rican woodpecker, Melanerpes portoricensis
- Red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus
- Yellow-tufted woodpecker, Melanerpes cruentatus
- Yellow-fronted woodpecker, Melanerpes flavifrons
- Golden-naped woodpecker, Melanerpes chrysauchen
- Beautiful woodpecker, Melanerpes pulcher
- Black-cheeked woodpecker, Melanerpes pucherani
- White-fronted woodpecker, Melanerpes cactorum
- Hispaniolan woodpecker, Melanerpes striatus
- Jamaican woodpecker, Melanerpes radiolatus
- Golden-cheeked woodpecker, Melanerpes chrysogenys
- Grey-breasted woodpecker, Melanerpes hypopolius
- Yucatan woodpecker, Melanerpes pygmaeus
- Red-crowned woodpecker, Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Gila woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis
- Hoffmann's woodpecker, Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Golden-fronted woodpecker, Melanerpes aurifrons
- Velasquez's woodpecker, Melanerpes santacruzi
- Red-bellied woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus
- West Indian woodpecker, Melanerpes superciliaris
- Grand Bahama West Indian woodpecker, Melanerpes superciliaris bahamensis (extinct: 1950s)
References
- ↑ Lewis's Woodpecker at Lewis-Clark.org, Fort Mandan Foundation
External links
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