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Melanerpes carolinus (red-bellied woodpecker)

Osteichthyes - Piciformes - Picidae

Taxonomy
Picus carolinus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Centurus carolinus by Wetmore (1962); it was recombined as Melanerpes carolinus by Parmalee (1992), Clements et al. (2017).

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2008-07-29; modified by M. Clapham on 2018-12-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Picus carolinus Linnaeus p. 113
1962Centurus carolinus Wetmore p. 11
1992Melanerpes carolinus Parmalee p. 314
2017Melanerpes carolinus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—Picoclamatores
superorderPasserimorphaeSibley et al. 1988
orderPiciformesMeyer and Wolf 1810
familyPicidaeVigors 1825
genusMelanerpesSwainson 1832
speciescarolinus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Melanerpes carolinus Linnaeus 1758 [red-bellied woodpecker]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:38:55
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:38:55
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Melanerpes carolinus (20573 20580)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Melanerpes carolinus (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Melanerpes carolinus (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Centurus carolinus (82258 103991)