Biology:Dendrocolaptes
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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.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the Amazonian barred woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes certhia) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840.[2][3] The genus name comes from Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron), meaning "tree", and κολάπτης (koláptēs), meaning "chiseller, pecker".[4]
Species
The genus contains the following five species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 130px | Dendrocolaptes certhia | Amazonian barred woodcreeper | (Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, French Guiana, Colombia,Venezuela, also Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. |
| 120px | Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi | Hoffmanns's woodcreeper | Brazil, south of the Amazon river |
| 130px | Dendrocolaptes picumnus | Black-banded woodcreeper | from Chiapas to Paraguay and northern Argentina. |
| 130px | Dendrocolaptes platyrostris | Planalto woodcreeper | Brazil, Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina. |
| 130px | Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae | Northern barred woodcreeper | southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. |
References
- ↑ Hermann, Johann (1804) (in Latin). Observationes zoologicae quibus novae complures, aliaeque animalium species describuntur et illustrantur. Argentorati: Amandum Koenig. p. 135. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13420066.
- ↑ 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. http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13668938.
- ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 31. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480368.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/helmdictionarysc00jobl.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/ovenbirds/. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
External links
Data related to Dendrocolaptes at Wikispecies
Wikidata ☰ Q903934 entry
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