Meiglyptes Explained
Meiglyptes is a 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.[1] [2] The name combines the Ancient Greek meiōn meaning "smaller" or "lesser" with gluptēs meaning "carver".[3] 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.[4]
The genus contains 4 species.[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Meiglyptes grammithorax | | southern Myanmar and Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra and Borneo |
| Meiglyptes tristis | | Java |
| Meiglyptes jugularis | | Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. |
| Meiglyptes tukki | | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand |
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Notes and References
- Book: Swainson, William John . William John Swainson . 1837 . On the Natural History and Classification of Birds . 2 . London . John Taylor . 309 .
- Book: Peters . James Lee . James L. Peters . 1948 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 6 . Harvard University Press . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 147 .
- Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . limited . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 246 .
- 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 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.005 . 28890006 . free . 2017MolPE.116..182S .
- Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . 2020 . Woodpeckers . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 17 May 2020 .
