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Melanerpes  Swainson, 1832
Taxonomic Serial No.: 178185

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Centurus Swainson, 1837
  
    Asyndesmus Coues, 1866
  
  Common Name(s): Melanerpine Woodpeckers [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2020   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPiciformes  – Woodpeckers, pic-bois  
                            FamilyPicidae  – Woodpeckers, Wrynecks, fourmiliers, pic-bois  
                               SubfamilyPicinae   
                                  GenusMelanerpes Swainson, 1832 – Melanerpine Woodpeckers  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes aurifrons (Wagler, 1829) – Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Carpintero cheje 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes cactorum (d'Orbigny, 1840) – White-fronted Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes candidus (Otto, 1796) – White Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Red-bellied Woodpecker, pic à ventre roux 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes chrysauchen Salvin, 1870 – Golden-naped Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes chrysogenys (Vigors, 1839) – Carpintero enmascarado, Golden-cheeked Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes cruentatus (Boddaert, 1783) – Yellow-tufted Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Red-headed Woodpecker, pic à tête rouge 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes flavifrons (Vieillot, 1818) – Yellow-fronted Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes formicivorus (Swainson, 1827) – Acorn Woodpecker, Carpintero bellotero 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes herminieri (R. Lesson, 1830) – Guadeloupe Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) – Hoffmann's Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes hypopolius (Wagler, 1829) – Carpintero pecho gris, Grey-breasted Woodpecker, Gray-breasted Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes lewis (G. R. Gray, 1849) – Lewis' Woodpecker, Carpintero de Lewis, Lewis's Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes portoricensis (Daudin, 1803) – Puerto Rican Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes pucherani (Malherbe, 1849) – Carpintero cara negra, Black-cheeked Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes pulcher P. L. Sclater, 1870 – Beautiful Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes pygmaeus (Ridgway, 1885) – Carpintero yucateco, Yucatan Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes radiolatus (Wagler, 1827) – Jamaican Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes rubricapillus (Cabanis, 1862) – Red-crowned Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes santacruzi (Bonaparte, 1838) – Velasquez's Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes striatus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) – Hispaniolan Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes superciliaris (Temminck, 1827) – West Indian Woodpecker 
                                     SpeciesMelanerpes uropygialis (S. F. Baird, 1854) – Gila Woodpecker, Carpintero del desierto 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Melanerpes    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Melanerpes    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (v 10.2), website (version 10.2), website (version 10.2)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2020. IOC World Bird List (v 10.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 01 Dec, 2020]   
  Reference for: Melanerpes   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Melanerpes   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2020.04.03, website (version 03-Apr-20)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Melanerpes   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Melanerpes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Peters, James Lee   
  Publication Date: 1948   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check-list of Birds of the World, vol. 6   
  Page(s): xi + 259   
  Publisher: Harvard University Press   
  Publication Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Reprinted by Museum of Comparative Zoology in 1964   
  Reference for: Melanerpes   
       

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