| Cichlocolaptes | |
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| Pale-browed treehunter at São Luiz do Paraitinga, São Paulo State, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Genus: | Cichlocolaptes Reichenbach, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Anabates ferruginolentus = Anabates leucophrus zu Wied, 1831
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Cichlocolaptes is a genus of passerine birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. They are found in Brazil.
Taxonomy
The genus Cichlocolaptes was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach.1 The name combines the Ancient Greek kikhlē meaning "thrush" with kolaptēs meaning "chiseller".2 The type species was designated by George Robert Gray in 1855 as Anabates ferruginolentus Wied.3 This taxon is a junior synonym of Anabates leucophrus (pale-browed treehunter) described by William Jardine & Prideaux John Selby in 1830.45
Species
The genus contains two species:5
- Pale-browed treehunter (Cichlocolaptes leucophrus)
- Cryptic treehunter (Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti)
References
References
- Reichenbach, Ludwig (1853). "Icones ad synopsin avium No. 10 Scansoriae A". Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie (in German). Dresden und Leipzig: Expedition Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. pp. 145–218 [146, 174].
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 28.
- Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 140.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2021.