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Campephilus

Campephilus is a genus of large American woodpeckers in the family Picidae.[2]

Campephilus
Pale-billed woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Tribe: Campephilini
Genus: Campephilus
G.R. Gray, 1840
Type species
Picus principalis[1]
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Taxonomy

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The genus Campephilus was introduced by English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840, with the ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) as the type species.[3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek kampē meaning "caterpillar" and philos meaning "loving".[4] The genus is placed in the tribe Campephilini in the subfamily Picinae and is sister to a clade containing woodpeckers from Southeast Asia in the genera Chrysocolaptes, Blythipicus, and Reinwardtipicus.[5]

Species

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The genus contains 12 species:[6]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
  Powerful woodpecker Campephilus pollens Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
  Splendid woodpecker Campephilus splendens Panama, western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador
  Crimson-bellied woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
  Red-necked woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
  Robust woodpecker Campephilus robustus Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
  Crimson-crested woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos Panama south to northern border regions of Argentina, and on Trinidad.
  Guayaquil woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis southern Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru.
  Pale-billed woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis northern Mexico to western Panama.
  Cream-backed woodpecker Campephilus leucopogon Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and far northwestern Uruguay.
  Magellanic woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus southern Chile and southwestern Argentina
  Ivory-billed woodpecker Campephilus principalis – possibly extinct (1987) Southern United States and Cuba.
  Imperial woodpecker Campephilus imperialis – probably extinct (1956) Mexico.

A fossil species, C. dalquesti, was described from bones found in Late Pleistocene deposits of Scurry County, Texas.

References

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  1. ^ "Picidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ Benz, Brett W.; Robbins, Mark B. & Peterson, A. Townsend (2006): Evolutionary history of woodpeckers and allies (Aves: Picidae): Placing key taxa on the phylogenetic tree. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 389–399. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.02.021
  3. ^ Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 54.
  4. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. ^ Shakya, S.B.; Fuchs, J.; Pons, J.M.; Sheldon, F.H. (2017). "Tapping the woodpecker tree for evolutionary insight". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 116: 182–191. Bibcode:2017MolPE.116..182S. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.005. PMID 28890006.
  6. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Woodpeckers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
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