Meiglyptes is a genus of Southeast Asian birds in the woodpecker family Picidae.

Meiglyptes
Buff-rumped woodpecker (Meiglyptes grammithorax)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Tribe: Picini
Genus: Meiglyptes
Swainson, 1837
Type species
Picus poicilophus[1]
Temminck, 1823
Species

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The genus was introduced by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1837 with the white-rumped woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis) as the type species.[2][3] The name combines the Ancient Greek meiōn meaning "smaller" or "lesser" with gluptēs meaning "carver".[4] The genus belongs to the tribe Picini within the woodpecker subfamily Picinae. The genus is sister to the rufous woodpecker in its own monotypic genus Micropternus.[5]

The genus contains 4 species.[6]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Meiglyptes grammithorax Buff-rumped woodpecker southern Myanmar and Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra and Borneo
Meiglyptes tristis Zebra woodpecker Java
Meiglyptes jugularis Black-and-buff woodpecker Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Meiglyptes tukki Buff-necked woodpecker Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand

References edit

  1. ^ "Picidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ Swainson, William John (1837). On the Natural History and Classification of Birds. Vol. 2. London: John Taylor. p. 309.
  3. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1948). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 6. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 147.
  4. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 246. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. ^ Shakya, S.B.; Fuchs, J.; Pons, J.M.; Sheldon, F.H. (2017). "Tapping the woodpecker tree for evolutionary insight". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 116: 182–191. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.005. PMID 28890006.
  6. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Woodpeckers". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 May 2020.