Pale-headed woodpecker
| Pale-headed woodpecker | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Gecinulus |
| Species: | G. grantia
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| Binomial name | |
| Gecinulus grantia (McClelland, 1840)
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The pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2017 found that the pale-headed woodpecker was embedded within the genus Dinopium and was a sister species to the olive-backed woodpecker (Dinopium rafflesii).[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Gecinulus grantia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22681525A92909573. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22681525A92909573.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ 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. PMID 28890006.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Gecinulus
- Birds of Bhutan
- Birds of Northeast India
- Birds of Laos
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- Birds of Vietnam
- Birds described in 1840
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