Mulleripicus
''Mulleripicus'' is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. They are found in South and Southeast Asia. The genus forms part of the woodpecker subfamily Picinae and has a sister relationship to the genus ''Dryocopus'' whose species are widely distributed in Eurasia and the Americas. Taxonomy The genus ''Mulleripicus'' was erected by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte to accommodate the great slaty woodpecker (''Mulleripicus pulverulentus''). The genus name honours the German naturalist Salomon Müller, The genus belongs to the tribe Picini and is a member of a clade that contains the five genera: ''Colaptes'', '' Piculus'', ''Mulleripicus'', ''Dryocopus'' and ''Celeus Celeus ( ) or Keleus () was the king of Eleusis in Greek mythology, husband of Metaneira and father of several daughters, who are called Callidice, Demo, Cleisidice and Callithoe in the '' Homeric Hymn to Demeter'', and Diogeneia, Pammerope ...''. The genus contains four species. ...
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