Chrysophlegma is a genus of birds in the woodpeckers family Picidae. These species, found in South Asia and Southeast Asia, were all previously assigned to the genus Picus.
Taxonomy
The species now placed in
Chrysophlegma were previously assigned to the genus
Picus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2008 found that the genus
Picus, as then defined, formed two separate
and might not be
Monophyly. Three species were therefore moved from
Picus into the resurrected genus
Chrysophlegma,
which had been introduced in 1850 by the English ornithologist
John Gould to accommodate the greater yellownape (
Chrysophlegma flavinucha).
The genus name combines the
Classical Greek khrusos meaning "gold" and
phlegma meaning "flame" or "fire".
The genus contains 3 species.[
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| East Asia from northern and eastern India to south-eastern China, Indochina, Hainan, and Sumatra |
| Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and Indonesia. |
| Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand |
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