Genus of birds
Meiglyptes genus of Southeast Asian birds in the woodpecker family Picidae .
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] Ancient Greek meiōn meaning "smaller" or "lesser" with gluptēs meaning "carver".[ 4] subfamily Picinae . The genus is sister to the rufous woodpecker in its own monotypic genus Micropternus [ 5]
The genus contains 4 species.[ 6]
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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
^ "Picidae" . aviansystematics.org . The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26 .^ Swainson, William John (1837). On the Natural History and Classification of Birds ^ Peters, James Lee , ed. (1948). Check-List of Birds of the World ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names 246 . ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 ^ 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. Bibcode :2017MolPE.116..182S . doi :10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.005 PMID 28890006 . ^ Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela , eds. (2020). "Woodpeckers" . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 May 2020 .
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