Dendrocolaptes

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Dendrocolaptes
Dendrocolaptes platyrostris.jpg
Planalto woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes platyrostris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae
Genus: Dendrocolaptes
Hermann, 1804
Type species
Gracula cayennensis [1]
Gmelin, 1788

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

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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. [3] [4] 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]

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Dendrocolaptes certhia certhia - Amazonian barred woodcreeper, Pte. Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil.jpg Dendrocolaptes certhia Amazonian barred woodcreeper (Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, French Guiana, Colombia,Venezuela, also Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi Hoffmann's Woodcreeper; Candeias do Jamari, Rondonia, Brazil.jpg Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi Hoffmanns's woodcreeper Brazil, south of the Amazon river
Dendrocolaptes picumnus picumnus - Black-banded Woodcreeper; Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.jpg Dendrocolaptes picumnus Black-banded woodcreeper from Chiapas to Paraguay and northern Argentina.
Flickr - Dario Sanches - ARAPACU-GRANDE ( Dendrocolaptes platyrostris) (cropped).jpg Dendrocolaptes platyrostris Planalto woodcreeper Brazil, Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina.
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper - Sarapiqui - Costa Rica S4E1244 (26670653646).jpg Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae Northern barred woodcreeper southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.

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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