NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Picinae
  Family - Picidae
  Order - Piciformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Melanerpes erythrocephalus
      Species - Melanerpes formicivorus
      Species - Melanerpes aurifrons
      Species - Melanerpes carolinus
      Species - Melanerpes lewis
      Species - Melanerpes portoricensis
      Species - Melanerpes uropygialis
      Species - Melanerpes candidus
      Species - Melanerpes herminieri
      Species - Melanerpes pucherani
      Species - Melanerpes chrysauchen
      Species - Melanerpes cruentatus
      Species - Melanerpes flavifrons
      Species - Melanerpes cactorum
      Species - Melanerpes striatus
      Species - Melanerpes radiolatus
      Species - Melanerpes chrysogenys
      Species - Melanerpes hypopolius
      Species - Melanerpes pygmaeus
      Species - Melanerpes rubricapillus
      Species - Melanerpes superciliaris
      Species - Melanerpes hoffmannii