Piculus
''Piculus'' is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae that are found in Central and South America. Taxonomy The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix in 1824. The type species was subsequently designated as the golden-green woodpecker (''Piculus chrysochloros'') by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser in 1923. The generic name is a diminutive of the Latin word ''Picus'' meaning "woodpecker". The genus forms part of the woodpecker subfamily Picinae Picinae containing the true woodpeckers is one of four subfamilies that make up the woodpecker family Picidae. True woodpeckers are found over much of the world, but do not occur in Madagascar or Australasia. Woodpeckers gained their English nam ... and has a Sister taxon, sister relationship to the genus ''Dryocopus'' whose species are found in Eurasia and the Americas. The genus ''Piculus'' is a member of the Tribe (biology), tribe Picini and belongs to a clade that contains ...
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