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Picidae (woodpecker)

Reptilia - Piciformes - Picidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Picidae Vigors
1930Picidae Hay p. 352
1933Picidae Lambrecht p. 629
1940Picidae Wetmore p. 69
1956Picidae Wetmore p. 89
1970Picidae Brunet p. 46
1988Picidae Carroll
1992Picidae Parmalee p. 314
2007Picidae Livezey and Zusi p. 95
2014Picidae del Hoyo et al.
2017Picidae Clements et al.
2022Picidae Mayr p. 209 figs. Fig. 10.8
2023Picidae Tambussi et al. p. 275

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
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
familyPicidaeVigors 1825

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.

Fm. Picidae Vigors 1825 [woodpecker]
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G. Campephilus Gray 1840
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Campephilus principalis Linnaeus 1758 [ivory-billed woodpecker]
G. Colaptes Vigors 1825
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Colaptes auratus Linnaeus 1758 [northern flicker]
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Colaptes campestris Vieillot 1818 [campo flicker]
Colaptes chrysoides Malherbe 1852
Colaptes naroskyi Agnolín and Jofré 2017
Colaptes oceanicus Olson 2013 [Bermuda flicker]
G. Dendrocopos Koch 1816
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Dendrocopos leucotos Bechstein 1802 [white-backed woodpecker]
G. Dryocopus Boie 1826
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Dryocopus pileatus Linnaeus 1758 [pileated woodpecker]
G. †Homalopus Milne-Edwards 1871
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Homalopus picoides Milne-Edwards 1871
G. Jynx Linnaeus 1758
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Jynx torquilla Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian wryneck]
G. Melanerpes Swainson 1832
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Melanerpes carolinus Linnaeus 1758 [red-bellied woodpecker]
Melanerpes erythrocephalus Linnaeus 1758 [red-headed woodpecker]
Melanerpes formicivorus Swainson 1827 [acorn woodpecker]
Melanerpes lewis Gray 1849 [Lewis's woodpecker]
Melanerpes striatus Statius Muller 1776 [Hispaniolan woodpecker]
Melanerpes superciliaris Temminck 1827 [West Indian woodpecker]
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Invalid names: Bathoceleus hyphalus Brodkorb 1959 [synonym]
Invalid names: Asyndesmus Coues 1866 [synonym], Bathoceleus Brodkorb 1959 [synonym], Centurus Swainson 1837 [synonym]
G. Nesoctites Hargitt 1890
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Nesoctites micromegas Sundevall 1866 [Antillean piculet]
G. †Palaeopicus Lambrecht 1933
Subfm. Picinae Bonaparte 1838
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G. Ceophloeus Cabanis 1862
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Subg. Ceophloeus (Phloeotomus) Cabanis and Heine 1863
G. Picoides Lacépède 1799
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Picoides borealis Vieillot 1809 [red-cockaded woodpecker]
Picoides major Linnaeus 1758
Picoides medius Linnaeus 1758
Picoides pubescens Linnaeus 1766 [downy woodpecker]
Picoides villosus Linnaeus 1766 [hairy woodpecker]
G. Picumnus Temminck 1825
G. Picus Linnaeus 1758
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Picus canus Gmelin 1788 [gray-headed woodpecker]
Picus gaudryi Depéret 1887
Picus peregrinabundus Umans'ka 1981
Picus viridis Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian green woodpecker]
G. †Pliopicus Feduccia and Wilson 1967
G. Sapheopipo Hargitt 1890
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Sapheopipo noguchii Seebohm 1887 [Okinawa woodpecker]
G. Sphyrapicus Baird 1858
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Sphyrapicus ruber Gmelin 1788 [red-breasted sapsucker]
Sphyrapicus varius Linnaeus 1766 [yellow-bellied sapsucker]
G. †Uintornis Marsh 1872
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Uintornis lucaris Marsh 1872
Uintornis marionae Feduccia and Martin 1976
G. Xiphidiopicus Bonaparte 1854
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Xiphidiopicus percussus Temminck 1826 [Cuban green woodpecker]
Invalid names: Jynginae Bonaparte 1838 [empty], Picumninae del Hoyo et al. 2014 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available