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The rufous-bellied woodpecker (Dendrocopos hyperythrus) belongs to the family Picidae under the order Piciformes.
Rufous-bellied woodpecker taxonomy
The Picidae is the family of woodpeckers, piculets, wrynecks and sapsuckers. 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 family Picidae comprises four subfamilies, viz., Picumninae, Jynginae, Nesoctitinae and Picinae. The subfamily Picinae was introduced by Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857), a French biologist and ornithologist, in the year 1838.
The subfamily Picinae comprises 30 genera, including genus Dendrocopos. The genus Dendrocopos was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857), a German entomologist and arachnologist, in the year 1816.
The genus Dendrocopos comprises twelve species, including Dendrocopos hyperythrus. The species D. hyperythrus is polytypic and comprises four subspecies, viz., D. h. hyperythrus, D. h. marshalli, D. h. annamensis and D. h. subrufinus.
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| Binomial name: | Dendrocopos hyperythrus |
| Species: | D. hyperythrus |
| Genus: | Dendrocopos |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Rufous-bellied woodpecker - Dendrocopos hyperythrus 333 Image by AJIT HOTA |
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| 2.Rufous-bellied woodpecker - Dendrocopos hyperythrus Image by Prateik Kulkarni |
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| 3.Rufous-bellied woodpecker - Dendrocopos hyperythrus Image by Francesco Veronesi |
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| 4.Rufous-bellied woodpecker - Dendrocopos hyperythrus Image by Kannan AS |
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| 5.Rufous-bellied woodpecker - Dendrocopos hyperythrus Image by Ron Knight |
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| 6.Rufous-bellied woodpecker - Dendrocopos hyperythrus Image by gkrishna63 |
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| 7.Rufous-bellied woodpecker - Dendrocopos hyperythrus Image by gkrishna63 |
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| 8.Dendrocopos hyperythrus Image by Kishore Bhargava |
1.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_rufous-bellied_woodpecker_in_dense_forest_of_Himalayas.jpg (cropped)
Author: AJIT HOTA | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 4/15/18
2.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Prateik Kulkarni | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 4/15/18
3.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/francesco_veronesi/16384511346/ (cropped)
Author: Francesco Veronesi | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 4/15/18
4.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rufous-bellied_woodpecker_in_Pangot,_Uttarkhand,_India.jpg (cropped)
Author: Kannan AS | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 4/15/18
5.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sussexbirder/8077009620/ (cropped)
Author: Ron Knight | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 4/15/18
6.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gkrishna/9757941033/
Author: gkrishna63 | License: CC BY-ND 2.0 as on 4/15/18
7.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gkrishna/9757676582/
Author: gkrishna63 | License: CC BY-ND 2.0 as on 4/15/18
8.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kbhargava/15327690792/ (cropped)
Image author: Kishore Bhargava | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 4/15/18
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