Cichlocolaptes | |
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Pale-browed treehunter at São Luiz do Paraitinga, São Paulo State, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Genus: |
Cichlocolaptes Reichenbach, 1853 |
Type species | |
Anabates ferruginolentus = Anabates leucophrus zu Wied, 1831
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Species | |
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Cichlocolaptes is a genus of passerine birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. They are found in Brazil.
The genus Cichlocolaptes was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach. [1] The name combines the Ancient Greek kikhlē meaning "thrush" with kolaptēs meaning "chiseller". [2] The type species was designated by George Robert Gray in 1855 as Anabates ferruginolentus Wied. [3] This taxon is a junior synonym of Anabates leucophrus ( pale-browed treehunter) described by William Jardine & Prideaux John Selby in 1830. [4] [5]
The genus contains two species: [5]