Chrysocolaptes

Chrysocolaptes is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae that are found in South and Southeast Asia.

Chrysocolaptes
White-naped woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Tribe:	Campephilini
Genus:	Chrysocolaptes Blyth, 1843
Species
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The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1843.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the Javan flameback (Chrysocolaptes strictus) by the Scottish ornithologist Edward Hargitt in 1890.[2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek khrusos meaning "gold" and kolaptēs meaning "chiseller".[3] The genus belongs to the tribe Campephilini in the subfamily Picinae and is sister to the orange-backed woodpecker, the only species in the genus Reinwardtipicus.[4]

The genus contains the following eight species:[5]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Chrysocolaptes festivus	White-naped woodpecker	India
	Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus	Greater flameback	southern China, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, western and central Java and northeast Borneo
	Chrysocolaptes stricklandi	Crimson-backed flameback	Sri Lanka
	Chrysocolaptes strictus	Javan flameback	Java, Bali and Kangean Islands
	Chrysocolaptes haematribon	Luzon flameback	Luzon, Polillo, Catanduanes and Marinduque, Philippines
	Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus	Yellow-faced flameback	Philippine islands of Negros, Guimaras, Panay, Masbate, and Ticao.
	Chrysocolaptes lucidus	Buff-spotted flameback	Philippine islands of Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Biliran, Panaon, Mindanao, Basilan, and Samal
	Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus	Red-headed flameback	Philippine islands of Balabac, Palawan, Busuanga and Calamian

References

1. Blyth, Edward (1843). "Mr Blyth's monthly report for the December meeting, 1842, with addenda subsequently appended". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 12 Part 2 (143): 925-1011 [1004].
2. Hargitt, Edward (1890). Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Volume 18: Scansores. London: British Museum. p. 442.
3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
4. Shakya, S.B.; Fuchs, J.; Pons, J.M.; Sheldon, F.H. (2017). "Tapping the woodpecker tree for evolutionary insight". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 116: 182–191. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.005.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Woodpeckers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 August 2019.