| a new classification of the pied woodpeckers assemblage (dendropicini, picidae) based on a comprehensive multi-locus phylogeny. | the pied woodpecker assemblage historically included the widespread genera picoides and dendrocopos. the assignment of species to either of these two genera has for long puzzled systematists due to their overall plumage similarity. recent molecular studies not only suggested that both of these genera are not monophyletic, but also that four other genera, the african dendropicos the south american veniliornis and two asian monospecific genera (hypopicus and sapheopipo) are nested within the dendr ... | 2015 | 25818851 |