Leuconotopicus

Leuconotopicus
White-headed woodpecker (Leuconotopicus albolarvatus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Tribe:	Melanerpini
Genus:	Leuconotopicus Malherbe, 1845
Species
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Leuconotopicus is a genus of woodpeckers in the family Picidae native to North and South America.

Taxonomy

The genus was erected by the French ornithologist Alfred Malherbe in 1845 with Strickland's woodpecker (Leuconotopicus stricklandi) as the type species.^[1] The name Leuconotopicus combines the Ancient Greek leukos meaning "white", nōton meaning "back" and pikos meaning "woodpecker".^[2] The genus is sister to the genus Veniliornis and is one of eight genera placed in the tribe Melanerpini within the woodpecker subfamily Picinae.^[3] The species now placed in this genus were previously assigned to Picoides.^[4][5]

The genus contains the following six species:^[5]

Genus Leuconotopicus – Malherbe, 1845 – six species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Red-cockaded woodpecker Male Female	Leuconotopicus borealis (Vieillot, 1809)	southeastern United States from Florida to Virginia, as far west as eastern Texas and Oklahoma; formerly Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, and Tennessee	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT
Smoky-brown woodpecker Male Female	Leuconotopicus fumigatus (D'Orbigny, 1840) Five subspecies L. f. oleagineus (Reichenbach, 1854) L. f. sanguinolentus (Sclater, P.L., 1859) L. f. reichenbachi (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) L. f. fumigatus (D'Orbigny, 1840) L. f. obscuratus (Chapman, 1927)	Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Arizona woodpecker Male Female	Leuconotopicus arizonae (Hargitt, 1886)	southern Arizona and New Mexico and the Sierra Madre Occidental of western Mexico	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Strickland's woodpecker	Leuconotopicus stricklandi (Malherbe, 1845)	Mexico	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Hairy woodpecker Male Female	Leuconotopicus villosus (Linnaeus, 1766) Seventeen subspecies L. v. septentrionalis (Nuttall, 1840) L. v. picoideus (Osgood, 1901) L. v. harrisi (Audubon, 1838) L. v. terraenovae (Batchelder, 1908) L. v. villosus (Linnaeus, 1766) L. v. orius (Oberholser, 1911) L. v. monticola (Anthony, 1898) L. v. leucothorectis (Oberholser, 1911) L. v. audubonii (Swainson, 1832) L. v. hyloscopus (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) L. v. icastus (Oberholser, 1911) L. v. intermedius (Nelson, 1900) L. v. jardinii Malherbe, 1845 L. v. sanctorum (Nelson, 1897) L. v. extimus (Bangs, 1902) L. v. piger (Allen, GM, 1905) L. v. maynardi (Ridgway, 1887)	Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States; vagrant to Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
White-headed woodpecker Male Female	Leuconotopicus albolarvatus (Cassin, 1850) Two subspecies L. a. albolarvatus (Cassin, 1850) Common white-headed woodpecker L. a. gravirostris (Grinnell, 1902) Southern white-headed woodpecker	British Columbia through southern California	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

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Genera of trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, woodpeckers and their extinct allies

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Aves
• Infraclass: Neognathae
• Clade: Coraciimorphae
• Clade: Cavitaves

Cavitaves
Leptosomiformes Leptosomidae Leptosomus †Plesiocathartes? †Waltonavis Eucavitaves Trogoniformes Trogonidae Apalharpactes Apaloderma †Eotrogon Euptilotis †Foshanornis Harpactes †Masillatrogon †Paratrogon Pharomachrus †Primotrogon Priotelus †Septentrogon Trogon Picocoraciae Bucerotiformes See below ↓ Picodynastornithes Coraciiformes See below ↓ Piciformes See below ↓

Bucerotiformes
Bucerotiformes †Laurillardiidae Laurillardia †Messelirrisoridae Messelirrisor Upupi Phoeniculidae †Phirriculus Phoeniculus Rhinopomastus Upupidae Upupa Buceroti Bucorvidae Bucorvus †Euroceros Bucerotidae Aceros Anorrhinus Anthracoceros Berenicornis Buceros Bycanistes Ceratogymna Horizocerus Lophoceros Ocyceros Penelopides Rhabdotorrhinus Rhinoplax Rhyticeros Tockus

Coraciiformes
incertae sedis †Cryptornis †Paracoracias †Quasisyndactylus †Eocoraciidae Eocoracias †Geranopteridae Geranopterus †Primobucconidae Primobucco Septencoracias Brachypteraciidae Atelornis Brachypteracias Geobiastes Uratelornis Coraciidae †Chehuenia Coracias Eurystomus †Miocoracias Meropidae Meropogon Merops Nyctyornis Alcedines Alcedinidae Alcedininae Alcedo Ceyx Corythornis Ispidina Cerylinae Ceryle Chloroceryle Megaceryle Halcyoninae Actenoides Caridonax Cittura Clytoceyx Dacelo Halcyon Lacedo Melidora Pelargopsis Syma Tanysiptera Todiramphus Momotidae Aspatha Baryphthengus Electron Eumomota Hylomanes Momotus †Protornis? Todidae †Palaeotodus Todus

Piciformes
incertae sedis †"Homalopus" †Gracilitarsidae Gracilitarsus Neanis †Sylphornithidae Oligosylphe Palaegithalus? Sylphornis Galbuli †Jacamatia Bucconidae Bucco Chelidoptera Hapaloptila Hypnelus Malacoptila Micromonacha Monasa Nonnula Notharchus Nystalus Galbulidae Brachygalba Galbalcyrhynchus Galbula Jacamaralcyon Jacamerops Pici incertae sedis †Rupelramphastoides †Miopiconidae Miopico †Picavidae Picavus Ramphastides Capitonidae Capito †Capitonides Eubucco Lybiidae Buccanodon Cryptolybia Gymnobucco Lybius Pogoniulus Pogonornis Stactolaema Trachyphonus Tricholaema Megalaimidae Caloramphus Psilopogon Ramphastidae Andigena Aulacorhynchus Pteroglossus Ramphastos Selenidera Semnornithidae Semnornis Picides Indicatoridae Indicator Melichneutes Melignomon Prodotiscus Picidae See below ↓

Picidae
incertae sedis †Bitumenpicus †Breacopus †Palaeonerpes †Palaeopicus †Piculoides Jynginae Jynx Picumninae Picumnus Sasiinae Sasia Verreauxia Picinae †Australopicus †Palaeonerpes †Pliopicus Nesoctitini Nesoctites Hemicircini Hemicircus Picini Campethera Celeus Chrysophlegma Colaptes Dinopium Dryocopus Gecinulus Geocolaptes Micropternus Meiglyptes Mulleripicus Pardipicus Piculus Picus Campephilini Blythipicus Campephilus Chrysocolaptes Reinwardtipicus Melanerpini Chloropicus Dendrocopos Dendrocoptes Dendropicos Dryobates Leiopicus Leuconotopicus Melanerpes Picoides Sphyrapicus Veniliornis Xiphidiopicus Yungipicus

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