Biology:Dendroplex

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Dendroplex is a genus of birds in the woodcreeper subfamily Dendrocolaptinae. It was long merged into Xiphorhynchus, but its distinctness has now been established.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus Dendroplex was introduced in 1827 by the English naturalist William Swainson.[2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek dendron meaning "tree" with plēssō meaning "to strike".[3] Swainson did not specify a type species but this was fixed in 2007 as the straight-billed woodcreeper which had first been described in 1788 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin with the binomial name Oriolus picus.[4][5]

The genus contains two species:[6]

Genus Dendroplex – Swainson, 1827 – Two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Straight-billed woodcreeper

Dendroplex picus
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)

Thirteen subspecies
  • D. p. extimus Griscom, 1927
  • D. p. dugandi Wetmore & Phelps, WH, 1946
  • D. p. picirostris Lafresnaye, 1847
  • D. p. saturatior Hellmayr, 1925
  • D. p. choicus Wetmore & Phelps, WH, 1946
  • D. p. paraguanae (Phelps, WH & Phelps, WH Jr, 1962)
  • D. p. longirostris Richmond, 1896
  • D. p. altirostris (Léotaud, 1866)
  • D. p. phalarus Wetmore, 1939
  • D. p. deltanus (Phelps, WH & Phelps, WH Jr, 1952)
  • D. p. picus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
  • D. p. duidae Zimmer, JT, 1934
  • D. p. peruvianus Zimmer, JT, 1934
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Zimmer's woodcreeper

Dendroplex kienerii
(des Murs, 1856) 		Amazon river and tributaries
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 



References

  1. ↑ Aleixo, Alexandre (2002). "Molecular systematics and the role of the "Várzea"–"Terra-Firme" ecotone in the diversification of Xiphorhynchus woodcreepers (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae)". The Auk 119 (3): 621–640. doi:10.1093/auk/119.3.621. 
  2. ↑ Swainson, William (1827). "On several groups and forms in ornithology, not hitherto defined". Zoological Journal 3: 158–175, 343–363 [354]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485880. 
  3. ↑ 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/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n133/mode/1up. 
  4. ↑ Aleixo, A.; Gregory, S.M.S.; Penhallurick, J. (2007). "Fixation of the type species and revalidation of the genus Dendroplex Swainson, 1827 (Dendrocolaptidae)". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 127: 242–246. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40877339. 
  5. ↑ The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. 2014. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2. 
  6. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (January 2023). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/ovenbirds/. 

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