Dryocopus

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Genus of birds

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| fossil_range = Pleistocene-recent | image = PileatedWoodpeckerFeedingonTree.jpg | image_caption = Pileated woodpecker | taxon = Dryocopus | authority = F. Boie, 1826 | type_species = Picus martius | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. | synonyms = Hylatomus

Dryocopus is a genus of large powerful woodpeckers, typically 35–45 cm in length. It has representatives in North and South America, Europe, and Asia; some South American species are endangered. It was believed to be closely related to the American genus Campephilus, but it is part of a different lineage of woodpeckers altogether (Benz et al., 2006)

Their breeding habitat is forested areas with large trees, where they nest in a large cavity in a dead tree or a dead part of a tree. They may excavate a new hole each year, creating habitat for other large cavity nesting birds. They are non-migratory permanent residents.

They are mainly black in plumage with red on the crown of the head, often as a crest. Most species also have some white areas of plumage, especially on the head, and some have additional red facial markings. The male, female and juvenile plumages of each species usually differ, often in the extent of red on the crown and elsewhere on the head. The flight is strong and direct, and the calls are typically loud wild laughs. The drumming of these large birds can be heard from a great distance.

Dryocopus woodpeckers chip out large holes with their strong bills while searching out insects, especially beetle larvae in trees. They will also take fruits, berries, and nuts.

Taxonomy

The genus Dryocopus was introduced by the German naturalist Friedrich Boie in 1826. The name is from the Ancient Greek word for a woodpecker druokopos combining grc "tree" and grc "beating". The genus forms part of the woodpecker subfamily Picinae and has a sister relationship to the genus Mulleripicus whose species are found in South and Southeast Asia. The genus Dryocopus is a member of the tribe Picini and belongs to a clade that contains five genera: Colaptes, Piculus, Mulleripicus, Dryocopus and Celeus.

The genus contains six species.

|name= Lineated woodpecker|binomial=Dryocopus lineatus |image=File:Dryocopus lineatus (Carpintero real) (24726276181).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Linnaeus|authority-year=1766 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Mexico south to northern Argentina and Trinidad |range-image=File:Dryocopus lineatus map.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Five subspecies |bullets=on | D. l. scapularis – (Vigors, 1829) | D. l. similis – (Lesson, 1847) | D. l. lineatus – (Linnaeus, 1766) | D. l. fuscipennis – (P. L. Sclater, 1860) | D. l. erythrops – (Valenciennes, 1826)

|name=Pileated woodpecker |binomial=Dryocopus pileatus |image=File:Pileated Woodpecker (9597212081).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Linnaeus |authority-year=1758 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Eastern North America, the Great Lakes, the boreal forests of Canada, and parts of the Pacific Coast |range-image=File:Dryocopus pileatus map.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on | D. p. abieticola (Bangs, 1898) |D. p. pileatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

|name=Black-bodied woodpecker |binomial=Dryocopus schulzii |image=File:Dryocopus schulzii 6862513.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Cabanis |authority-year=1882 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay |range-image=File:Hylatomus schulzii map.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= NT |population= |direction= |subspecies=

|name=White-bellied woodpecker |binomial=Dryocopus javensis |image=File:WhiteBelliedWoodpecker.JPG|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Horsfield|authority-year= 1821 |authority-not-original=yes |range= The Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Fourteen subspecies |bullets=on | D. j. javensis (Horsfield, 1821) | D. j. philippinensis (Steere, 1890) | D. j. cebuensis Kennedy, 1987 | D. j. confusus (Stresemann, 1913) | D. j. feddeni (Blyth, 1863) | D. j. forresti Rothschild, 1922 | D. j. hargitti (Sharpe, 1884) | D. j. hodgsonii (Jerdon, 1840) | D. j. mindorensis (Steere, 1890) | D. j. multilunatus (McGregor, 1907) | D. j. parvus (Richmond, 1902) | D. j. pectoralis (Tweeddale, 1878) | D. j. richardsi (Tristram, 1879) | D. j. suluensis (W. Blasius, 1890)

|name=Andaman woodpecker |binomial=Dryocopus hodgei |image=File:Andaman Woodpecker (Dryocopus hodgei) on a tree.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Blyth |authority-year=1860 |authority-not-original=yes |range= The Andaman Islands in India |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= VU |population= |direction= |subspecies=

|name=Black woodpecker |binomial=Dryocopus martius |image=File:Schwarzspecht.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Linnaeus|authority-year=1758 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Span across the whole of Europe, excluding the United Kingdom, Ireland, and northern Scandinavia as well as across northern Asia |range-image=File:Dryocopus martius distr.PNG |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on | D. m. martius (Linnaeus, 1758) | D. m. khamensis (Buturlin, 1908

References

Sources

  • Gorman, Gerard (2004): Woodpeckers of Europe: A Study of the European Picidae. Bruce Coleman, UK. .
  • Gorman, Gerard (2011): The Black Woodpecker: A monograph on Dryocopus martius. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. .
  • Grimmett, Richard; Inskipp, Carol & Inskipp, Tim (1999): Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J..

References

  1. . ["Picidae"](https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=96). *The Trust for Avian Systematics*.
  2. "Master Lists – IOC World Bird List".
  3. Boie, Friedrich. (1826). "Generalübersicht". Isis von Oken.
  4. Jobling, James A.. (2010). "The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names". Christopher Helm.
  5. (2017). "Tapping the woodpecker tree for evolutionary insight". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
  6. (2018). "Woodpeckers". International Ornithologists' Union.

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