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Dryobates
Sign in to saveDryobates is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. The species are widely distributed and occur in both Eurasia and the Americas.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPiciformes
- FamilyPicidae
Observations recorded22,200,828
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 54
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Picidae
- Collections
- OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY - BIRD DIVISION, COLUMBUS, OH (OSUM), NHMUK, YPM
- Recorded in
- United States, China, Hungary, Laos, India, Indonesia, Philippines
Wikidata facts
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- Image
- Picoides nuttallii -Olive View, Sylmar, California, USA -male-8.jpg
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- taxon name
- Dryobates
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- Category:Dryobates
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Encyclopedic overview
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Dryobates is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. The species are widely distributed and occur in both Eurasia and the Americas.
==Taxonomy== The genus Dryobates was named by the German naturalist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) as the type species.
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