Taxonomic classification <> Photos
The brown-fronted woodpecker (Leiopicus auriceps) belongs to the family Picidae under the order Piciformes.
Brown-fronted woodpecker taxonomy
The family Picidae was first described by William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836), an English zoologist and marine biologist, in the year 1820. The Picidae consists of four subfamilies, viz., Jynginae, Nesoctitinae, Picinae and Picumninae.The subfamily Picinae was first introduced by Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857), a French biologist and ornithologist, in the year 1838. The Picinae consists of more than 31 genera.
The genus Leiopicus was introduced by Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte in the year 1801. This genus contains two species, namely, Leiopicus mahrattensis and Leiopicus auriceps.
The species Leiopicus auriceps was described by Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785 – 26 October 1840), an Irish zoologist and politician, in the year 1831.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Leiopicus auriceps |
| Species: | L. auriceps |
| Genus: | Leiopicus |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Brown-fronted woodpecker - Leiopicus auriceps 377 Photo by soumyajit nandy |
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| 2.Brown-fronted woodpecker - Leiopicus auriceps Photo by Koshy Koshy |
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| 3.Brown-fronted woodpecker - Leiopicus auriceps Photo by Prashant Kumar |
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| 4.Brown-fronted woodpecker - Leiopicus auriceps Photo by ChanduBandi |
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| 5.Brown-fronted woodpecker - Leiopicus auriceps Photo by Nabarunsadhya |
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| 6.Brown-fronted woodpecker - Leiopicus auriceps by Mike Prince |
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| 7.Leiopicus auriceps Photo by Nabarunsadhya |
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| 8.Leiopicus auriceps Photo by Patty McGann |
1.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dendrocopos_auriceps_-Devidhura,_Uttarakhand,_India_-male-8.jpg (cropped)
Author: soumyajit nandy | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 1/1/18
2.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kkoshy/34211114980/ (cropped)
Author: Koshy Koshy | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 1/1/18
3.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brown-fronted_Woodpecker_(female).jpg (cropped)
Author: Prashant Kumar | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 1/1/18
4.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cs_bandi/14258163819/ (cropped)
Author: ChanduBandi | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 1/1/18
5.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki (cropped)
Author: Nabarunsadhya | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 1/1/18
6.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeprince/37558141372/ (cropped)
Author: Mike Prince | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 1/1/18
7.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Female_Brown-fronted_Woodpecker.jpg (cropped)
Author: Nabarunsadhya | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 1/1/18
8.Photo source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pattymc/6913227962/ (cropped)
Author: Patty McGann | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 1/1/18
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