Piculus

Translingual

Etymology

Picus +‎ -ulus

Proper noun

Piculus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Picidae – certain woodpeckers of the tropical and subtropical Americas.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Piciformes - order; Picidae - family; Picinae - subfamily; Picini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Piculus simplex (rufous-winged woodpecker), Piculus callopterus (stripe-cheeked woodpecker), Piculus leucolaemus (white-throated woodpecker), Piculus flavigula (yellow-throated woodpecker), Piculus chrysochloros (golden-green woodpecker), Piculus aurulentus (yellow-browed woodpecker) - species

Coordinate terms

• (genus in Picini): Chrysophlegma, Dryocopus, Picus, Mulleripicus, Celeus, Colaptes - genera

References

• Piculus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Piculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Piculus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Piculus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Piculus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN