Piculus

Translingual

Etymology

Picus +‎ -ulus

Proper noun

Piculus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Picidae – certain woodpeckers of the tropical and subtropical Americas.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Piciformes - order; Picidae - family; Picinae - subfamily; Picini - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Piculus simplex (rufous-winged woodpecker), Piculus callopterus (stripe-cheeked woodpecker), Piculus leucolaemus (white-throated woodpecker), Piculus flavigula (yellow-throated woodpecker), Piculus chrysochloros (golden-green woodpecker), Piculus aurulentus (yellow-browed woodpecker) - species

Coordinate terms

(genus in Picini): Chrysophlegma, Dryocopus, Picus, Mulleripicus, Celeus, Colaptes - genera

References

Piculus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Piculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Piculus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Piculus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Piculus at Encyclopedia of Life
Piculus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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