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The rufous woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus) belongs to the family Picidae under the order Piciformes.
Rufous woodpecker taxonomy
The family Picidae comprises 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 Picidae contains four subfamilies, viz., Jynginae, Nesoctitinae, Picumninae and Picinae. The subfamily Picinae contains 31 genera, including the genus Micropternus.
The genus Micropternus was first described by Edward Blyth (23 December 1810 – 27 December 1873), an English zoologist, in the year 1845. The genus Micropternus is monotypic and contains one species, Micropternus brachyurus.
The species Micropternus brachyurus was first introduced (as Picus brachyurus) by Louis Pierre Vieillot (May 10, 1748 – August 24, 1830), a French ornithologist, in the year 1818. The species Micropternus brachyurus is polytypic and comprises ten subspecies.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Micropternus brachyurus |
| Species: | M. brachyurus |
| Genus: | Micropternus |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Rufous woodpecker - Micropternus brachyurus 300 Photo by Prajwalkm |
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| 2.Rufous woodpecker - Micropternus brachyurus Photo by Jason Thompson |
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| 3.Rufous woodpecker - Micropternus brachyurus Photo by Rahul Alvares |
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| 4.Rufous woodpecker - Micropternus brachyurus Photo by Yunus Mony |
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| 5.Rufous woodpecker - Micropternus brachyurus Photo by Yunus Mony |
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| 6.Rufous woodpecker - Micropternus brachyurus Photo by Fazlul1983 |
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| 7.Rufous woodpecker - Micropternus brachyurus Photo by Lip Kee |
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| 8.Micropternus brachyurus Photo by J.M.Garg |
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| 9.Micropternus brachyurus Photo by Airfoiln |
1.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rufous_woodpecker.jpg (cropped)
Author: Prajwalkm | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 5/23/18
2.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/79492850@N00/7145482021/ (cropped)
Author: Jason Thompson | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 5/23/18
3.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rahulalvares/41536898494/ (cropped)
Author: Rahul Alvares | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 5/23/18
4.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mony053/10278475304/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Yunus Mony | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 5/23/18
5.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mony053/10278575395/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Yunus Mony | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 5/23/18
6.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org (cropped)
Author: Fazlul1983 | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 5/23/18
7.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/455164486/ (cropped)
Author: Lip Kee | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 5/23/18
8.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: J.M.Garg | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 5/23/18
9.Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Airfoiln | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 5/23/18
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