IRMNG - Melanerpes Swainson in Richardson, 1832

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Melanerpes Swainson in Richardson, 1832

IRMNG_ID

1276276 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1276276)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Picidae Vigors, 1825

Synonymised names

Asyndesmus Coues, 1866 · unaccepted

Centurus Swainson, 1837 · unaccepted

Chryserpes Miller, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Leuconerpes Swainson, 1837 · unaccepted

Melanerpus Swainson in Richardson, 1832 · unaccepted

Trichopicus Bonaparte, 1854 · unaccepted

Trichopipo Cabanis, 1863 · unaccepted

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Species Melanerpes aurifrons (Wagler, 1829)
Species Melanerpes cacotorum
Species Melanerpes cactorum (d'Orbigny, 1840)
Species Melanerpes candidus (Otto, 1796)
Species Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melanerpes chrysauchen Salvin, 1870
Species Melanerpes chrysogenys (Vigors, 1839)
Species Melanerpes cruentatus (Boddaert, 1783)
Species Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melanerpes flavifrons (Vieillot, 1818)
Species Melanerpes formicivorus (Swainson, 1827)
Species Melanerpes herminieri (Lesson, 1830)
Species Melanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862)
Species Melanerpes hypopolius (Wagler, 1829)
Species Melanerpes lewis (Gray, 1849)
Species Melanerpes portoricensis (Daudin, 1803)
Species Melanerpes pucherani (Malherbe, 1849)
Species Melanerpes pygmaeus (Ridgway, 1885)
Species Melanerpes radiolatus (Wagler, 1827)
Species Melanerpes rubricapillus (Cabanis, 1862)
Species Melanerpes striatus (Muller, 1776)
Species Melanerpes superciliaris (Temminck, 1827)
Species Melanerpes supercilliaris
Species Melanerpes uropygialis (Baird, 1854)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

in Richardson, F. Bor.-Amer., 2, 1831, 300, 316 (as Melanerpus p. xvi). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Melanerpes Swainson in Richardson, 1832. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1276276 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2012-02-16 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (14)

original description in Richardson, F. Bor.-Amer., 2, 1831, 300, 316 (as Melanerpus p. xvi). [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source CoL2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Leuconerpes Swainson, 1837) N. H. Classif. Birds, 2
page(s): 310 [details]

original description (of Asyndesmus Coues, 1866) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1866
page(s): 55 [details]

original description (of Trichopicus Bonaparte, 1854) Ateneo Ital., 2
page(s): 123 [details]

original description (of Centurus Swainson, 1837) N. H. Classif. Birds, 2
page(s): 310 [details]

original description (of Trichopipo Cabanis, 1863) Mus. Hein., 4 (2)
page(s): 62 [details]

original description (of Chryserpes Miller, 1915) Miller, W. deW. (1915). Three new genera of birds. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 34: 515-520., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719884
page(s): 517 [details]

original description (of Melanerpus Swainson in Richardson, 1832) in Richardson, F. Bor.-Amer., 2, 1831, 300, 316 (as Melanerpes; also as Melanerpus p. xvi). [details]