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Green Woodpeckers and Allies
Picus
Picus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family. It has representatives in Europe, Asia and North Africa. The genus name is Latin for a woodpecker. The type species was originally unclear, but is likely to have been the European green woodpecker.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 13 known species
Eurasian Green Woodpecker
speciesPicus viridis
Grey-headed Woodpecker
speciesPicus canus
Iberian Green Woodpecker
speciesPicus sharpei
Japanese Green Woodpecker
speciesPicus awokera
Laced Woodpecker
speciesPicus vittatus
Lesser Yellownape
speciesPicus chlorolophus
Streak-throated Woodpecker
speciesPicus xanthopygaeus
Levaillant's Woodpecker
speciesPicus vaillantii
Crimson-winged Woodpecker
speciesPicus puniceus
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker
speciesPicus squamatus
Black-headed Woodpecker
speciesPicus erythropygius
Streak-breasted Woodpecker
speciesPicus viridanus
Gray-headed × Eurasian Green Woodpecker
hybridPicus canus × viridis
Red-collared Woodpecker
speciesPicus rabieri
Iberian × Eurasian Green Woodpecker
hybridPicus sharpei × viridis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 5 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.3
Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura
Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.720
Serpentum et Draconum Historiae
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1640 · p.440
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.661
Garden of Health
1507 · p.538
Noah's Ark
Athanasius Kircher · 1675 · p.137
Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura
Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.722
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.869
Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura
Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.724
Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura
Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.721
Ornithology: The History of Birds
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.876
Ornithology: The History of Birds
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.881
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Picus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 18299.