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Genus

Dryobates F.Boie, 1826

dryobates woodpeckers

Dryobates pubescensDryobates pubescens
Downy woodpecker
female on shady side of cabbage palm trunk
In 2018 the genus Picoides was split moving those species found in Florida to the genus Dryobates.

Species of the Dryobates genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:

  Dryobates borealis
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Dryobates borealis

  Dryobates pubescens
Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens

  Dryobates villosus
Hairy Woodpecker
Dryobates villosus

The genus Dryobates is a member of the Picidae - Woodpeckers and Wrynecks family.

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