Dryobates

Dryobates
Male Nuttall's woodpecker in California, USA
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Dryobates
F. Boie, 1826
Species

Six, see text

Dryobates is a genus of woodpeckers in the Picidae family. It contains of the following species:[1]

The name of the genus was introduced by the German naturalist Friedrich Boie in 1826.[2] The word Dryobates is from the Greek druos meaning woodland and batēs meaning walker.[3]

References

  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Woodpeckers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. Boie, Friedrich (1826). "Generalübersicht". Isis von Oken (in German) (Jena). 18-19. Col 977.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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