Biology:Dendrocincla

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Short description: Genus of birds

Dendrocincla
Dendrocincla fuliginosa -NW Ecuador-8.jpg
Plain-brown woodcreeper, (Dendrocincla fuliginosa)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae
Genus: Dendrocincla
G.R. Gray, 1840
Type species
Dendrocolaptes turdina[1]
Lichtenstein, 1820
Species

6, see text

Dendrocincla is a genus of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily Dendrocolaptinae.

Taxonomy and systematics

Extant species

The genus contains six species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Tyrannine woodcreeper 2.jpg Dendrocincla tyrannina Tyrannine woodcreeper Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Plain-brown Woodcreeper - Trepador Marrón (Dendrocincla fuliginosa meruloides) (13895000480).jpg Dendrocincla fuliginosa Plain-brown woodcreeper Honduras through South America to northern Argentina, and in Trinidad and Tobago.
Dendrocincla turdina-Plain-winged Woodcreeper.JPG Dendrocincla turdina Plain-winged woodcreeper eastern Brazil from Rio Grande do Sul north to Bahia, north-east Argentina (Misiones Province) and eastern Paraguay.
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper 2495432575.jpg Dendrocincla anabatina Tawny-winged woodcreeper Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Dendrocincla merula - White-chinned Woodcreeper; Madre de Dios, Perú.jpg Dendrocincla merula White-chinned woodcreeper Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Dendrocincla homochroa imported from iNaturalist 19 May 2019.jpg Dendrocincla homochroa Ruddy woodcreeper southern Mexico to northern Colombia and extreme northern Venezuela.


Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Dendrocincla:

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q387464 entry