Meiglyptes
Genus of birds
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Meiglyptes is a genus of Southeast Asian birds in the woodpecker family Picidae.
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| Meiglyptes | |
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| Buff-rumped woodpecker (Meiglyptes grammithorax) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Tribe: | Picini |
| Genus: | Meiglyptes Swainson, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Picus poicilophus[1] Temminck, 1823 | |
| Species | |
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The genus was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1837 with the white-rumped woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis) as the type species.[2][3] The name combines the Ancient Greek meiōn meaning "smaller" or "lesser" with gluptēs meaning "carver".[4] The genus belongs to the tribe Picini within the woodpecker subfamily Picinae. The genus is sister to the rufous woodpecker in its own monotypic genus Micropternus.[5]
The genus contains 4 species.[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meiglyptes grammithorax | Buff-rumped woodpecker | southern Myanmar and Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra and Borneo |
 | Meiglyptes tristis | Zebra woodpecker | Java |
.jpg) | Meiglyptes jugularis | Black-and-buff woodpecker | Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. |
.jpg) | Meiglyptes tukki | Buff-necked woodpecker | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand |
