Gecinulus
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Gecinulus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. The species are found in South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus Gecinulus was introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1840 to accommodate the pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia).[1] The genus name is a diminutive of the genus name Gecinus which had been introduced by the German ornithologist Friedrich Boie in 1831. Gecinus combines the Classical Greek gē meaning "earth" or "ground" with kineō meaning "to move".[2]
The genus contains three species:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Picidae - Dinopium rafflesii.JPG | Gecinulus rafflesii | Olive-backed woodpecker | Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and Indonesia |
| File:Pale-headed Woodpecker - Bhutan S4E1130 (15788036464).jpg | Gecinulus grantia | Pale-headed woodpecker | Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam |
| File:Bamboo Woodpecker imported from iNaturalist photo 3847565 on 27 January 2022.jpg | Gecinulus viridis | Bamboo woodpecker | Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and the Malay Peninsula |
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