Gecinulus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. The species are found in South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy The genus Gecinulus was introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1840 to accommodate the pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia). The genus name is a diminutive of the genus name Gecinus which had been introduced by the German ornithologist Friedrich Boie in 1831. Gecinus combines the Classical Greek gē meaning "earth" or "ground" with kineō meaning "to move".
The genus contains three species: Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Gecinulus rafflesii Olive-backed woodpecker Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and Indonesia Gecinulus grantia Pale-headed woodpecker Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and VietnamGecinulus viridis Bamboo woodpecker Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and the Malay Peninsula
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