Dendrocolaptes

Dendrocolaptes is a genus of Neotropical birds in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.

Dendrocolaptes
Planalto woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes platyrostris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae
Genus: Dendrocolaptes
Hermann, 1804
Type species
Gracula cayennensis[1]
Gmelin, 1788

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]

Species

The genus contains the following five species:[6]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Dendrocolaptes certhiaAmazonian barred woodcreeper(Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, French Guiana, Colombia,Venezuela, also Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsiHoffmanns's woodcreeperBrazil
Dendrocolaptes picumnusBlack-banded woodcreeperfrom Chiapas to Paraguay and northern Argentina.
Dendrocolaptes platyrostrisPlanalto woodcreeperBrazil, Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina.
Dendrocolaptes sanctithomaeNorthern barred woodcreepersouthern Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.

References
  1. "Dendrocolaptidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Hermann, Johann (1804). Observationes zoologicae quibus novae complures, aliaeque animalium species describuntur et illustrantur (in Latin). Argentorati: Amandum Koenig. p. 135.
  3. Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 18.
  4. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 31.
  5. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 January 2019.


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