Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...Scientific classification
For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ...Aves
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Families Picidae Capitonidae Ramphastidae Galbulidae Bucconidae Indicatoridae Six families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best_known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives. ...Piciformes
Campephilus is a See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ...genus of Genera Many, see text. ...woodpeckers in the This article is about the domestic group. ...family Genera Many, see text. ...Picidae. This genus was erected by The word gray is also spelled grey: see Grey for topics with this spelling. ...Gray, who suggested to take Binomial name Campephilus principalis (Linnaeus, 1758) The Ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis, is a member of the woodpecker family Piciformes. ...Campephilus principalis as the prototype for the genus. The name Campephilus means lover of grubs _ an allusion to these bird's characteristics. The common name ivory_billed woodpecker is sometimes used to refer to members of this genus, though more commonly it is used specifically for Campephilus principalis.
C. imperialis -- Binomial name Campephilus imperialis (Gould, 1832) The Imperial Woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis) is (or was) a member of the woodpecker family Piciformes. ...imperial woodpecker
C. melanoleucos -- Binomial name Campephilus melanoleucos (Gmelin, 1788) The Crimson_crested Woodpecker, Campephilus melanoleucos, is a very large woodpecker which is a resident breeding bird from Panama south to northern Argentina, and on Trinidad. ...crimson_crested woodpecker
C. principalis -- Binomial name Campephilus principalis (Linnaeus, 1758) The Ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis, is a member of the woodpecker family Piciformes. ...ivory_billed woodpecker. 2 In taxonomy, a subspecies is the taxon immediately subordinate to a species. ...subspecies: principalis and bairdii.
This genus was erected by George Robert Gray, who suggested to take Campephilus principalis as the prototype for the genus.
The common names ivory-billed woodpecker or ivorybill are sometimes used to refer to members of this genus, though more commonly it is used specifically for Campephilus principalis.
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