Celeus

Belongs within: Picini.

Celeus is a Neotropical genus of woodpeckers with relatively short bills and nostrils uncovered by feathers (Winkler & Christie 2002).

Celeus Boie 1831 [Celeini]B94
    |  i. s.: C. citrinusSS66
    |--+--C. loricatus (Reichenbach 1854)SF17, WC02 [=Meiglyptes loricatusWC02]
    |  |    |--C. l. loricatusWC02
    |  |    |--C. l. diversus Ridgway 1914WC02
    |  |    |--C. l. innotatus [incl. C. degener]WC02
    |  |    `--C. l. mentalis Cassin 1860WC02
    |  `--C. torquatus (Boddaert 1783)SF17, WC02 [=Picus torquatusWC02]
    |       |--C. t. torquatusWC02
    |       |--C. t. occidentalis (Hargitt 1889) [incl. C. angustus]WC02
    |       `--C. t. tinnunculus (Wagler 1829)WC02
    `--+--+--C. galeatus (Temminck 1822)SF17, WC02 [=Picus galeatusWC02, Dryocopus galeatusSF17]
       |  `--+--+--C. castaneus (Wagler 1829)SF17, WC02 [=Picus castaneusWC02]
       |     |  `--+--C. grammicus (Natterer & Malherbe 1845)SF17, WC02 [=Picus grammicusWC02]
       |     |     |    |--C. g. grammicus [incl. C. undulatus]WC02
       |     |     |    |--C. g. latifasciatus Seilern 1936WC02
       |     |     |    |--C. g. subcervinus Todd 1937WC02
       |     |     |    `--C. g. verreauxii (Malherbe 1858)WC02
       |     |     `--C. undatus (Linnaeus 1766)SF17, WC02 [=Picus undatusWC02]
       |     |          |--C. u. undatusWC02
       |     |          |--C. u. amacurensis Phelps & Phelps 1950WC02
       |     |          `--C. u. multifasciatus (Natterer & Malherbe 1845)WC02
       |     `--+--C. flavus (Müller 1776)SF17, WC02 [=Picus flavusWC02]
       |        |    |--C. f. flavus [incl. C. inornatus]WC02
       |        |    |--C. f. peruvianus (Cory 1919)WC02
       |        |    |--C. f. subflavus Sclater & Salvin 1877WC02
       |        |    `--C. f. tectricialis (Hellmayr 1922)WC02
       |        `--+--C. obrieni Short 1973SF17, WC02 [=C. spectabilis obrieniWC02]
       |           `--C. spectabilis Sclater & Salvin 1880SF17, WC02
       |                |--C. s. spectabilisWC02
       |                `--C. s. exsul Bond & Meyer de Schauensee 1941WC02
       `--+--C. ochraceus (Spix 1824)SF17, WC02 [=C. flavescens ochraceusWC02]
          `--+--C. flavescens (Gmelin 1788)JT12, WC02 [=Picus flavescensWC02]
             |    |--C. f. flavescensWC02
             |    `--C. f. intercedens Hellmayr 1908WC02
             `--+--C. elegans (Müller 1776)JT12, WC02 [=Picus elegansWC02]
                |    |--C. e. elegans [incl. C. approximans, C. immaculatus]WC02
                |    |--C. e. citreopygius Sclater & Salvin 1868WC02
                |    |--C. e. deltanus Phelps & Phelps 1950WC02
                |    |--C. e. hellmayri Berlepsch 1908WC02
                |    |--C. e. jumanus (Spix 1824) [incl. C. saturatus]WC02
                |    `--C. e. leotaudi Hellmayr 1906WC02
                `--C. lugubris (Malherbe 1851)JT12, WC02 [=Celeopicus lugubrisWC02]
                     |--C. l. lugubris [incl. C. roosevelti]WC02
                     `--C. l. kerri Hargitt 1891WC02

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[SS66] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.

[SF17] Shakya, S. B., J. Fuchs, J.-M. Pons & F. H. Sheldon. 2017. Tapping the woodpecker tree for evolutionary insight. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 116: 182–191.

[WC02] Winkler, H., & D. A. Christie. 2002. Family Picidae (woodpeckers). In: Hoyo, J. del, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (eds) Handbook of the Birds of the World vol. 7. Jacamars to Woodpeckers pp. 296–555. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona.