Hemicircus

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Hemicircus
File:Hemicircus canente.jpg
Heart-spotted woodpecker (Hemicircus canente)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Tribe: Hemicirini
Genus: Hemicircus
Swainson, 1837
Type species
Picus concretus[1]
Temminck, 1821
Species

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Synonyms

Hemicercus

Hemicircus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. Members of the genus are found in India and Southeast Asia.

These are small woodpeckers with short tails. The plumage is mainly black and white.[2]

The genus was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist William Swainson with the grey-and-buff woodpecker (Hemicircus concretus) as the type species.[3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek 'hēmi meaning "half" or "small" and kerkos meaning "tail".[5]

Species

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The genus contains two species:[6]

Genus Hemicircus Swainson, 1837 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Grey-and-buff woodpecker

File:Grey and buff woodpecker - female.jpg

Hemicircus sordidus
(Temminck, 1821)

Two subspecies
  • H. c. sordidus (Eyton, 1845)
  • H. c. concretus (Temminck, 1821)
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Java Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
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Heart-spotted woodpecker

File:ചിത്രാംഗൻ മരംകൊത്തി.jpg

Hemicircus canente
(Lesson, 1832)
Western Ghats and the forests of central India Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
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