Bamboo woodpeckers

Bamboo woodpeckers
	Pale-crowned bamboo woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia )
Systematics
Class :	Birds (aves)
Order :	Woodpecker birds (Piciformes)
Family :	Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Subfamily :	Real woodpeckers (Picinae)
Genre :	Bamboo woodpeckers
Scientific name
	Gecinulus
	Blyth , 1845

The bamboo woodpeckers ( Gecinulus ) are a genus of birds from the family of woodpeckers (Picidae). The genus includes only two species, which are small and overall quite dark in color and each inhabit parts of Southeast Asia. Both species are closely tied to the forest, where they are mostly found in bamboo stands . As far as is known, the diet consists mainly of ants , beetle larvae and other insects.

Both types are classified by the IUCN as “least concern”.

description

The two species are small woodpeckers, the size of a spotted woodpecker, with a small hood, a soft and broad tail and a short, slightly curved, chisel-shaped, pointed beak at the base. The nostrils are feathered. Both species only have three toes of roughly the same length. These woodpeckers are generally quite darkly colored, with green tones dominating, the beak is yellowish. In terms of coloration, the species show a slight to distinct sexual dimorphism ; Males have red areas on their heads that females lack.

Systematics

The genus includes two types:

Pale-crowned bamboo woodpecker ( Gecinulus grantia ) ( Horsfield , 1840)
Red-crowned bamboo woodpecker ( Gecinulus viridis ) Blyth , 1862

After a molecular genetic investigation including one of the two species ( G. grantia ), the genus Dinopium is the sister taxon of the genus Gecinulus .

literature

Hans Winkler , David Christie, David Nurney: Woodpeckers. A Guide to the Woodpeckers, Piculets, and Wrynecks of the World. Pica Press, Robertsbridge 1995, ISBN 0-395-72043-5 , pp. 12, 156-157 and 380-381.

Individual evidence

↑ Gecinulus grantia in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010.4. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
↑ Gecinulus viridis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010.4. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
↑ Jérôme Fuchs, Jan I. Ohlson, Per GP Ericson, Eric Pasquet: Synchronous intercontinental splits between assemblages of woodpeckers suggested by molecular data. Zoologica Scripta 36, No. 1: pp. 11-25.

Web links

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[grantia-1] Gecinulus grantia in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010.4. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2010.

[viridis-2] Gecinulus viridis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010.4. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2010.

[3] Jérôme Fuchs, Jan I. Ohlson, Per GP Ericson, Eric Pasquet: Synchronous intercontinental splits between assemblages of woodpeckers suggested by molecular data. Zoologica Scripta 36, No. 1: pp. 11-25.