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Melanerpes
''Melanerpes'' is a genus of woodpeckers of the family Picidae found in the Americas. The 23 members of the genus are mostly colourful birds, conspicuously barred in black and white, with some red and yellow. Taxonomy The genus ''Melanerpes'' was introduced by the English ornithologist William Swainson in 1832 to accommodate the red-headed woodpecker (''Melanerpes erythrocephalus''). The generic name combines the Ancient Greek ''melas'' meaning "black" with ''herpēs'' meaning "creeper". The genus forms part of the large tribe ''Melanerpini'', which also includes the North American sapsuckers in the genus '' Sphyrapicus'' and the monotypic genus ''Xiphidiopicus'' containing only the Cuban green woodpecker (''Xiphidiopicus percussus''). Characteristics Members of ''Melanerpes'' are small to medium-sized woodpeckers found exclusively in the New World. Some are West Indian endemics, and include species from Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Guadeloupe; one subspecies, the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanerpes Flavifrons1
''Melanerpes'' is a genus of woodpeckers of the Family (biology), family Picidae found in the Americas. The 23 members of the genus are mostly colourful birds, conspicuously barred in black and white, with some red and yellow. Taxonomy The genus ''Melanerpes'' was introduced by the English ornithologist William Swainson in 1832 to accommodate the red-headed woodpecker (''Melanerpes erythrocephalus''). The generic name combines the Ancient Greek ''melas'' meaning "black" with ''herpēs'' meaning "creeper". The genus forms part of the large tribe (biology), tribe ''Melanerpini'', which also includes the North American sapsuckers in the genus ''Sphyrapicus'' and the monotypic genus ''Xiphidiopicus'' containing only the Cuban green woodpecker (''Xiphidiopicus percussus''). Characteristics Members of ''Melanerpes'' are small to medium-sized woodpeckers found exclusively in the New World. Some are West Indian Endemism, endemics, and include species from Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guadeloupe Woodpecker
The Guadeloupe woodpecker (''Melanerpes herminieri'') or Tapeur is a species of bird in the woodpecker family Picidae belonging to the genus '' Melanerpes.'' Endemic to the Guadeloupe archipelago in the Lesser Antilles, it is a medium-sized forest woodpecker with entirely black plumage and red-to-purple reflections on its stomach. It lives mainly in the islands' tropical rainforest areas. The woodpecker has no sexual dimorphism. The species has adapted under the pressure of urbanization to more open forest environments. During the breeding season, the Guadeloupe woodpecker is solitary bird that nests in holes it digs with its in the trunk of dead trees—mainly coconut—where the female lays three to five eggs. The eggs are incubated for fifteen days before hatching, after which the adult female feeds the chicks in the nest for about a month. Juvenile birds stay with the parents for several months before becoming independent. Guadeloupe woodpeckers are mainly insectivorous, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acorn Woodpecker
The acorn woodpecker (''Melanerpes formicivorus'') is a medium-sized woodpecker with a length of around , and an average weight of . It is found across Central America, as well as North into the western United States and South into parts of Colombia. Taxonomy The acorn woodpecker was formally described in 1827 by the English naturalist William Swainson under the binomial name ''Picus formicivorus'' from a specimen collected in Mexico. The specific epithet combines the Latin ''formica'' meaning "ant" with ''-vorus'' meaning "eating". The type locality is Temascaltepec in Mexico. The acorn woodpecker is one of 24 species now placed in the genus ''Melanerpes'' that was introduced by Swainson in 1832. Within ''Melanerpes'' the acorn woodpecker is sister to a clade containing two South American species: the white woodpecker (''Melanerpes candidus'') and the white-fronted woodpecker (''Melanerpes cactorum''). Seven subspecies are recognised: * ''M. f. bairdi'' Ridgway, 1881 – O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red-headed Woodpecker
The red-headed woodpecker (''Melanerpes erythrocephalus'') is a mid-sized woodpecker found in temperate North America. Its breeding habitat is open country across southern Canada and the east-central United States. It is rated as least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Red List of Endangered species, having been down-listed from near threatened in 2018. The red-headed woodpecker should not be confused with the red-bellied woodpecker, which is similar in size but has a vibrant orange-red crown and nape; the red-bellied woodpecker is named for the pale reddish blush of its lower belly and has a distinctly patterned black and white back rather than the solid black one of the red-headed woodpecker. Taxonomy The English naturalist Mark Catesby described and illustrated the red-headed woodpecker in his book ''The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands'', which was published between 1729 and 1732. Catesby used the English name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis's Woodpecker
Lewis's woodpecker (''Melanerpes lewis'') is a large North American species of woodpecker which ornithologist Alexander Wilson named after Meriwether Lewis, one of the explorers who surveyed the areas bought by the United States of America as part of the Louisiana Purchase and first described this species of bird. Taxonomy Lewis's woodpecker was described and illustrated in 1811 by the American ornithologist Alexander Wilson in his ''American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States''. Wilson based his description on some bird skins that had been collected on an expedition across the western portion of the United States led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in 1803–1806. Wilson coined the English name "Lewis's woodpecker" and the binomial name ''Picus torquatus''. Unfortunately, the specific epithet was preoccupied by the ringed woodpecker, ''Celeus torquatus'' ( Boddaert, 1783) and so in 1849 the English zoologist George Robert Gray coined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red-crowned Woodpecker
The red-crowned woodpecker (''Melanerpes rubricapillus'') is a species of bird in the subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and Tobago.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. Species Lists of Birds for South American Countries and Territories. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm retrieved July 24, 2022 Taxonomy and systematics The red-crowned woodpecker has sometimes been placed in the genus ''Centurus''. It has also sometimes been treated as conspecific with the Yucatan woodpecker (''M. pygmaeus'') and some authors consider them a superspecies. The red-crowned woodpecker has these four subspecies: *''M. r. rubricapillus'' ( Cabanis, 1862) *''M. r. subfusculus'' ( Wetmore, 1957) *''M. r. seductus'' Bangs, 1901 *''M. r. paraguanae'' ( Gillia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rican Woodpecker
The Puerto Rican woodpecker (''Melanerpes portoricensis'') is the only woodpecker endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico and is one of the five species of the genus ''Melanerpes'' that occur in the Antilles. Furthermore, it is the only resident species of the family Picidae in Puerto Rico. The species is common on the main island of Puerto Rico and rare on the island of Vieques. Description The Puerto Rican woodpecker has a black body and a bright red throat and breast. It has a white patch that runs across the head from eye to eye. Its flanks and lower body have a light tangerine coloration. As with the majority of birds sexual dimorphism is present in this species. The males' throat and breast are more brightly colored than the females' with females tending to be all-around duller in coloration. There is also a substantial (~18%) difference in bill length between sexes. Also males are slightly bigger than females. Its average weight is 56.0 grams. Its body length vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Woodpecker
The white woodpecker (''Melanerpes candidus'') is a South American species of woodpecker (family Picidae) native to the wooded grasslands of Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. It is a bright white bird with black wings and a distinctive small bright yellow eye patch. The IUCN has rated it as a "least-concern species". Taxonomy The species was first described as ''Melanerpes candidus'' in 1796 by the French naturalist Bernhard Christian Otto, the type locality being Cayenne. It is sometimes placed in its own genus ''Leuconerpes'', but shows many similarities in morphology to ''Melanerpes''. No subspecies are known (monotypic). Description This woodpecker grows to a length of and weighs around , with a range of . It is one of the largest ''Melanerpes'' woodpeckers along with the Jamaican woodpecker and Lewis' woodpecker. The mantle, back, wings and tail of the adult are black, the flight feathers being brownish-black above and the under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Hoffmann's woodpecker (''Melanerpes hoffmannii'') is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found from Honduras south to Costa Rica. Taxonomy and systematics Hoffmann's woodpecker was originally described in genus ''Centurus''. Some authors have treated it as a subspecies of the golden-fronted woodpecker (''M. aurifrons''), and the two hybridize in the north of Hoffmann's range. Hoffmann's also hybridizes with the red-crowned woodpecker (''M. rubricapilus'') in the south.Sandoval, L. (2020). Hoffmann's Woodpecker (''Melanerpes hoffmannii''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.hofwoo1.01 retrieved January 19, 2023 Hoffmann's woodpecker is monotypic. The species is named for the German naturalist Karl Hoffmann. Description Hoffmann's woodpecker is long and weighs . The sexes' plumage is alike except for their head pattern. Adult m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
The yellow-tufted woodpecker (''Melanerpes cruentatus'') is a species of woodpecker. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. Taxonomy The yellow-tufted woodpecker was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1780 in his ''Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux'' from a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the ''Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle'' which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name ''Picus cruentatus'' in his catalogue of the ''Planches Enluminées''. The yellow-tufte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
