| Melanerpes | |
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| Red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Tribe: | Melanerpini |
| Genus: | Melanerpes Swainson, 1832 |
| Type species | |
| Picus erythrocephalus[1] Linnaeus, 1758
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Melanerpes is a genus of woodpeckers of the family Picidae found in the Americas. The 24 members of the genus are mostly colourful birds, conspicuously barred in black and white, with some red and yellow.