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Dendrocolaptes

Dendrocolaptes is a genus of Neotropical birds in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.

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Dendrocolaptes
Planalto woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes platyrostris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae
Genus: Dendrocolaptes
Hermann, 1804
Type species
Gracula cayennensis1
Gmelin, 1788

Dendrocolaptes is a genus of Neotropical birds in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.

The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Johann Hermann in 1804.2 The type species was subsequently designated as the Amazonian barred woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes certhia) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840.34 The genus name comes from Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron), meaning "tree", and κολάπτης (koláptēs), meaning "chiseller, pecker".5

Species

The genus contains the following five species:6

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Dendrocolaptes certhia Amazonian barred woodcreeper (Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, French Guiana, Colombia,Venezuela, also Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi Hoffmanns's woodcreeper Brazil, south of the Amazon river
Dendrocolaptes picumnus Black-banded woodcreeper from Chiapas to Paraguay and northern Argentina.
Dendrocolaptes platyrostris Planalto woodcreeper Brazil, Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina.
Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae Northern barred woodcreeper southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.
References

References

  1. "Dendrocolaptidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Hermann, Johann (1804). Observationes zoologicae quibus novae complures, aliaeque animalium species describuntur et illustrantur (in Latin). Argentorati: Amandum Koenig. p. 135.
  3. Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 18.
  4. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 31.
  5. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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