Dendrocopos

Dendrocopos
White-backed woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Subfamily:	Picinae
Tribe:	Dendropicini
Genus:	Dendrocopos Koch, 1816
Diversity
Almost two dozen species

Dendrocopos is a widespread genus of woodpeckers from Asia and Europe and Northern Africa. They range from the Philippines to the British Isles.

Species

• Fulvous-breasted woodpecker, Dendrocopos macei
• Freckle-breasted woodpecker, Dendrocopos analis
• Stripe-breasted woodpecker, Dendrocopos atratus
• Rufous-bellied woodpecker, Dendrocopos hyperythrus
• Darjeeling woodpecker, Dendrocopos darjellensis
• White-backed woodpecker, Dendrocopos leucotos
• Okinawa woodpecker, Dendrocopos noguchii
• Amami woodpecker, Dendrocopos owstoni
• Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major
• Syrian woodpecker, Dendrocopos syriacus
• White-winged woodpecker, Dendrocopos leucopterus
• Sind woodpecker, Dendrocopos assimilis
• Himalayan woodpecker, Dendrocopos himalayensis

Further reading

• Fuchs, J.; Pons, J.M. (2015). "A new classification of the pied woodpeckers assemblage (Dendropicini, Picidae) based on a comprehensive multi-locus phylogeny". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 88: 28–37. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.03.016.
• Sangster, G.; et al. (2016). "Taxonomic recommendations for Western Palearctic birds: 11th report". Ibis 158 (1): 206–212. doi:10.1111/ibi.12322.
• Winkler, H.; Gamauf, A.; Nittinger, F.; Haring, E. (2014). "Relationships of Old World woodpeckers (Aves: Picidae)—new insights and taxonomic implications" (PDF). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Series B für Botanik und Zoologie 116: 69–86.