Taxon profile

genus

Melanerpes Swainson, 1832

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Aves - birds » order Piciformes » family Picidae - woodpeckers

Included taxa

Number of records: 24

species Melanerpes aurifrons (Wagler, 1829) - Golden-fronted Woodpecker

species Melanerpes cactorum (d'Orbigny, 1840) - White-fronted Woodpecker

species Melanerpes candidus (Otto, 1796) - White Woodpecker

species Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Red-bellied Woodpecker

species Melanerpes chrysauchen Salvin, 1870 - Golden-naped Woodpecker

species Melanerpes chrysogenys (Vigors, 1839) - Golden-cheeked Woodpecker

species Melanerpes cruentatus (Boddaert, 1783) - Yellow-tufted Woodpecker

species Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Red-headed Woodpecker

species Melanerpes flavifrons (Vieillot, 1818) - Yellow-fronted Woodpecker

species Melanerpes formicivorus (Swainson, 1827) - Acorn Woodpecker

species Melanerpes herminieri (Lesson, 1830) - Guadeloupe Woodpecker

species Melanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) - Hoffmann's Woodpecker

species Melanerpes hypopolius (Wagler, 1829) - Grey-breasted Woodpecker

species Melanerpes lewis (G. R. Gray, 1849) - Lewis's Woodpecker

species Melanerpes portoricensis (Daudin, 1803) - Puerto Rican Woodpecker

species Melanerpes pucherani (Malherbe, 1849) - Black-cheeked Woodpecker

species Melanerpes pulcher P.L. Sclater, 1870 - Beautiful Woodpecker

species Melanerpes pygmaeus (Ridgway, 1885) - Yucatan Woodpecker

species Melanerpes radiolatus (Wagler, 1827) - Jamaican Woodpecker

species Melanerpes rubricapillus (Cabanis, 1862) - Red-crowned Woodpecker

species Melanerpes santacruzi (Bonaparte, 1838) - Velasquez's Woodpecker

species Melanerpes striatus (Müller, 1776) - Hispaniolan Woodpecker

species Melanerpes superciliaris (Temminck, 1827) - West Indian Woodpecker

species Melanerpes uropygialis (S. F. Baird, 1854) - Gila Woodpecker

Links and literature

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1276276]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Melanerpes Swainson in Richardson, 1832]
Data retrieved on: 14 December 2019

Gill F., Donsker D. & Rasmussen P. (eds): IOC World Bird List 11.1 [http://www.worldbirdnames.org/] [as Melanerpes Swainson, 1832]
Data retrieved on: 22 April 2021

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