Hylexetastes

Hylexetastes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Furnariidae
Subfamily:	Dendrocolaptinae
Genus:	Hylexetastes ; P.L. Sclater, 1889
Type species
	Dendrocolaptes perrotii ; Lafresnaye, 1844

Last updated October 31, 2025

Hylexetastes is a genus of birds in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.

Species

The genus contains the following species:^[1]

Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
Hylexetastes stresemanni	Bar-bellied woodcreeper	western Amazon in northern Bolivia, far western Brazil, eastern Peru, southeastern Colombia, and, as recently confirmed, eastern Ecuador.
Hylexetastes perrotii	Red-billed woodcreeper	Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Hylexetastes uniformis	Uniform woodcreeper	south-central Amazon of Bolivia and Brazil.

However, a phylogenetic study found support for at least five evolutionary species in Hylexetastes: the four species above and H. undulatus (currently included in the Bar-bellied woodpecker).^[2]

References

↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
↑ Azuaje-Rodríguez, Roxiris A.; Weckstein, Jason D.; Dispoto, Janice H.; Patel, Swati; Cacioppo, Joseph A.; Bates, John M.; Silva, Sofia Marques; Aleixo, Alexandre (2020). "Molecular systematics of the Amazonian endemic genus Hylexetastes (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae): taxonomic and conservation implications". Ibis. 162 (1): 119–136. doi:10.1111/ibi.12693. ISSN 1474-919X.

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[ioc-1] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

[2] Azuaje-Rodríguez, Roxiris A.; Weckstein, Jason D.; Dispoto, Janice H.; Patel, Swati; Cacioppo, Joseph A.; Bates, John M.; Silva, Sofia Marques; Aleixo, Alexandre (2020). "Molecular systematics of the Amazonian endemic genus Hylexetastes (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae): taxonomic and conservation implications". Ibis. 162 (1): 119–136. doi:10.1111/ibi.12693. ISSN 1474-919X.

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