| Hemicircus | |
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| Heart-spotted woodpecker (Hemicircus canente) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Tribe: | Hemicirini |
| Genus: | Hemicircus Swainson, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Picus concretus[1] Temminck, 1821
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| Synonyms | |
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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]
- ^ "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.