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Hemicircus

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Hemicircus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. Members of the genus are found in India and Southeast Asia.

Species

Heart-spotted Woodpecker

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPiciformes
  5. FamilyPicidae
Observations381
Observations recorded27,577

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Parent taxon
Picinae
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Hemicircus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. Members of the genus are found in India and Southeast Asia.

These are small woodpeckers with short tails. The plumage is mainly black and white.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hemicircus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.