Sphyrapicus vs bird genus

Sphyrapicus and bird genus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Sphyrapicus	Yes	No	No	No
bird genus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bird genus is a hypernym of Sphyrapicus; that is, bird genus is a word with a broader meaning than Sphyrapicus:

Sphyrapicus (noun)	bird genus (noun)
a genus of Picidae, containing the sapsuckers (Sphyrapicus)	a genus of birds