Gecinulus
Genus of birds
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Gecinulus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. The species are found in South and Southeast Asia.
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| Gecinulus | |
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| Pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Tribe: | Picini |
| Genus: | Gecinulus Blyth, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Picus grantia[1] Horsfield, 1840 | |
| Species | |
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Taxonomy
The genus Gecinulus was introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1840 to accommodate the pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia).[2] The genus name is a diminutive of the genus name Gecinus which had been introduced by the German ornithologist Friedrich Boie in 1831. Gecinus combines the Classical Greek gē meaning "earth" or "ground" with kineō meaning "to move".[3]
The genus contains three species:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Gecinulus rafflesii | Olive-backed woodpecker | Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and Indonesia |
| Gecinulus grantia | Pale-headed woodpecker | Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam |
 | Gecinulus viridis | Bamboo woodpecker | Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and the Malay Peninsula |
