Heads up: Some or all of the identifications affected by
this split may have been replaced with identifications of 
Picidae. This
happens when we can't automatically assign an identification to one of the
output taxa.
Review identifications of Picoides 17637
Picidae. This
happens when we can't automatically assign an identification to one of the
output taxa.
Review identifications of Picoides 17637
Taxonomic Split 42539
(Committed on 2018-12-18)
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Comments
Very interesting - I didn't know that had happened. Do you have a reference as to why this split was made? Just for my own understanding. I find vertebrate taxonomy often hard to penetrate.
I saw that there was a reference in the original post, and oddly Cornell has not updated it's records.
OK I atlased Picoides (sensu stricto) - essentially US Canada and Eurasia. I didn't atlas Dryobates because doing so won't really help with IDs. I also moved the Picoides species from Picoides (sensu lato) to Picoides (sensu stricto) - now committing.