| Xiphorhynchus | |
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| Ivory-billed woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendrocolaptinae |
| Genus: | Xiphorhynchus Swainson, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Xiphorhynchus flavigaster Swainson, 1827 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Xiphorhynchus is a genus of birds in the woodcreeper subfamily (Dendrocolaptinae) that are found in Middle and South America.
The genus Xiphorhynchus was introduced in 1827 by the English naturalist William John Swainson. [1] The name combines the Ancient Greek xiphos meaning "sword" with rhunkhos meaning "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 |
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 | 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 .
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