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Gecinulus
''Gecinulus'' is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. The species are found in South Asia, South and Southeast Asia. Taxonomy The genus ''Gecinulus'' was introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1840 to accommodate the pale-headed woodpecker (''Gecinulus grantia''). The genus name is a diminutive of the genus name ''Gecinus'' which had been introduced by the German ornithologist Friedrich Boie in 1831. ''Gecinus'' combines the Classical Greek ''gē'' meaning "earth" or "ground" with ''kineō'' meaning "to move". The genus contains three species: References Gecinulus, Bird genera Birds of Indochina Taxa named by Edward Blyth Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{woodpecker-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olive-backed Woodpecker
The olive-backed woodpecker (''Gecinulus rafflesii'') is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae that is found in Southeast Asia. Taxonomy The olive-backed woodpecker was described by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1830 from a specimen collected by Stamford Raffles. Vigors coined the binomial name ''Picus rafflesii'', with the specific epithet chosen to honour the memory of Raffles. The type location is Sumatra. The species was then placed in the genus '' Dinopium'' that was introduced by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1814. A large phylogenetic study of the woodpecker family Picidae published in 2017 found that the olive-backed woodpecker (''Gecinulus rafflesii'') is more closely related to the pale-headed woodpecker (''Gecinulus grantia''). It may, therefore, be more appropriately assigned to the genus ''Chloropicoides''. Two subspecies are recognised: * ''G. r. rafflesii'' (Vigors, 1830) – south Myanmar, southwest Thailand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pale-headed Woodpecker
The pale-headed woodpecker (''Gecinulus grantia'') is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is a bamboo specialist, and a montane bird. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2017 found that the pale-headed woodpecker was embedded within the genus ''Dinopium'' and was a sister species to the olive-backed woodpecker The olive-backed woodpecker (''Gecinulus rafflesii'') is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae that is found in Southeast Asia. Taxonomy The olive-backed woodpecker was described by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 18 ... (''Dinopium rafflesii''). References pale-headed woodpecker Birds of Bhutan Birds of Northeast India Birds of Laos Birds of Myanmar Birds of Vietnam pale-headed woodpecker Taxonomy articles crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bamboo Woodpecker
The bamboo woodpecker, or ''Gecinulus viridis'', is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense ecological community, community of trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, ...s and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. References * Picture - Oriental Bird Club Images. Gecinulus, bamboo woodpecker Birds of Laos Birds of the Malay Peninsula Birds of Myanmar Birds of Thailand bamboo woodpecker bamboo woodpecker Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{woodpecker-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picidae - Dinopium Rafflesii
Woodpeckers are part of the bird family (biology), family Picidae, which also includes the piculets, wrynecks and sapsuckers. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Madagascar and the extreme polar regions. Most species live in forests or woodland habitats, although a few species are known that live in treeless areas, such as rocky hillsides and deserts, and the Gila woodpecker specializes in exploiting cacti. Members of this family are chiefly known for their characteristic behaviour. They mostly forage for insect prey on the trunks and branches of trees, and often communicate by drumming with their beaks, producing a reverberatory sound that can be heard at some distance. Some species vary their diet with fruits, birds' eggs, small animals, tree sap, human scraps, and carrion. They usually nest and roost in holes that they excavate in tree trunks, and their abandoned holes are of importance to other cavity-nesting birds. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
