Xiphorhynchus

Xiphorhynchus
Ivory-billed woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Furnariidae
Subfamily:	Dendrocolaptinae
Genus:	Xiphorhynchus Swainson, 1827
Type species
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster Swainson, 1827
Species
see text
Synonyms
TalapiusRafinesque, 1815 PicolaptesRené-Primevère Lesson, 1832 DendrornisEyton, 1852 ThripobrotusCabanis, 1847 Xiphorynchus Xyphorhynchus Ziphorhynchus Ziphorynchus

Xiphorhynchus is a genus of birds in the woodcreeper subfamily (Dendrocolaptinae) that are found in Middle and South America.

Taxonomy

The genus Xiphorhynchus was introduced in 1827 by the English naturalist William Swainson. ^[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos), meaning "sword", and ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos), meaning "snout, bill". ^[2] Swainson did not specify the type species but this was subsequently designated as the ivory-billed woodcreeper. ^[3]

The genus contains the following 13 species: ^[4]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Striped woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus obsoletus	Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
	Lesser woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus fuscus	eastern Brazil.
	Ceara woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus atlanticus	northeastern Brazil.
	Chestnut-rumped woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus pardalotus	Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
	Ocellated woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus ocellatus	Southern Amazonia.
	Elegant woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus elegans	western and southern Amazon in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
	Spix's woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus spixii	eastern Amazon of Brazil.
	Buff-throated woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus guttatus	tropical South America in the Guiana
	Cocoa woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus susurrans	tropical Central and South America in Trinidad, Tobago, northern Colombia and northern Venezuela.
	Ivory-billed woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus flavigaster	Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
	Black-striped woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus	Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama.
	Spotted woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus erythropygius	Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
	Olive-backed woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus triangularis	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

The straight-billed woodcreeper and Zimmer's woodcreeper are now separated in Dendroplex .

References

1. Swainson, William (1827). "A synopsis of the birds discovered in Mexico by W. Bullock, F.L.S. and Mr. William Bullock jun". Philosophical Magazine. New Series. 1: 364–369, 433–442 [440]. doi:10.1080/14786442708674330.
2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 411. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
3. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 36.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

External links

• Media related to Xiphorhynchus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Xiphorhynchus at Wikispecies