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Leuconotopicus
Leuconotopicus is a genus of woodpeckers in the family Picidae native to North and South America. Species in this genus were previously assigned to Picoides.
The name of the genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Alfred Malherbe in 1845. The word Leuconotopicus is from the Greek leukos meaning white, nōton back and pikos woodpecker.
The genus contains the following six species:
- Red-cockaded woodpecker, Leuconotopicus borealis
- Smoky-brown woodpecker, Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Arizona woodpecker, Leuconotopicus arizonae
- Strickland's woodpecker, Leuconotopicus stricklandi
- Hairy woodpecker, Leuconotopicus villosus
- White-headed woodpecker, Leuconotopicus albolarvatus