Dendrocolaptes | |
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Planalto woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes platyrostris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Subfamily: | Dendrocolaptinae |
Genus: |
Dendrocolaptes Hermann, 1804 |
Type species | |
Gracula cayennensis
[1] Gmelin, 1788
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Dendrocolaptes is a genus of Neotropical birds in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.
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 name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek dendrokolaptēs meaning "woodpecker". [5]
The genus contains the following five species: [6]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Dendrocolaptes certhia | Amazonian barred woodcreeper | (Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, French Guiana, Colombia,Venezuela, also Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. |
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Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi | Hoffmanns's woodcreeper | Brazil |
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Dendrocolaptes picumnus | Black-banded woodcreeper | from Chiapas to Paraguay and northern Argentina. |
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Dendrocolaptes platyrostris | Planalto woodcreeper | Brazil, Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina. |
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Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae | Northern barred woodcreeper | southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. |