Hemicircus

Hemicircus
	Heart-spotted woodpecker (Hemicircus canente)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Picidae
Tribe:	Hemicirini
Genus:	Hemicircus; Swainson, 1837
Type species
	Picus concretus; Temminck, 1821
Species
	see text
Synonyms
	Hemicercus

Hemicircus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. Members of the genus are found in India and Southeast Asia.

These are small woodpeckers with short tails. The plumage is mainly black and white.^[2]

The genus was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist William John Swainson with the grey-and-buff woodpecker (Hemicircus concretus) as the type species.^[3]^[4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek 'hēmi meaning "half" or "small" and kerkos meaning "tail".^[5]

Species

The genus contains two species:^[6]

Genus **Hemicircus** – Swainson, 1837 – two species
Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Grey-and-buff woodpecker	Hemicircus sordidus (Temminck, 1821) Two subspecies H. c. sordidus (Eyton, 1845) H. c. concretus (Temminck, 1821)	Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Java	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Heart-spotted woodpecker	Hemicircus canente (Lesson, 1832)	Western Ghats and the forests of central India	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

^ "Picidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^ Short, Lester L. (1982). Woodpeckers of the World. Monograph Series 4. Greenville, Delaware: Delaware Museum of Natural History. p. 525. ISBN 0-913176-05-2.
^ Swainson, William John (1837). On the Natural History and Classification of Birds. Vol. 2. London: John Taylor. p. 306.
^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1948). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 6. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 223.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Woodpeckers". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 May 2020.