Melanerpes
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Picidae
Subfamilia: Picinae
Genus: Melanerpes
Species (23): M. aurifrons – M. cactorum – M. candidus – M. carolinus – M. chrysauchen – M. chrysogenys – M. cruentatus – M. erythrocephalus – M. flavifrons – M. formicivorus – M. herminieri – M. hoffmannii – M. hypopolius – M. lewis – M. portoricensis – M. pucherani – M. pulcher – M. pygmaeus – M. radiolatus – M. rubricapillus – M. striatus – M. superciliaris – M. uropygialis
Name
[edit]Melanerpes Swainson, 1832
- Typus: Picus erythrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 = Melanerpes erythrocephalus
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Swainson, W. Northern Zoology. Part II Aves. In: Swainson, W. & Richardson, J. 1831. Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. Part Second, The Birds. pp. 1–523. John Murray. London DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.39293 2 p. 316 BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- García-Trejo, E.A., Espinosa de los Monteros, A., Arizmendi, M. del C. & Navarro-Sigüenza, A.G. 2009. Molecular systematics of the red-bellied and golden-fronted woodpeckers - Sistemática molecular del grupo de los carpinteros Melanerpes carolinus y M. aurifrons. The Condor 111(3): 442–452. Abstract and Preview. Reference page.
- Llanes-Quevedo A., Mastretta-Yanes, A., Sanchez-Gonzalez, L.A., Castillo-Chora, V.J. & Navarro-Sigüenza, A.G. 2022. The tangled evolutionary history of a long-debated Mesoamerican taxon: The Velazquez Woodpecker (Melanerpes santacruzi, Aves: Picidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 170: 107445. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107445 Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]magyar: Küllő