Biology:Hylexetastes
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Short description: Genus of birds
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendrocolaptinae |
| Genus: | Hylexetastes P.L. Sclater, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Dendrocolaptes perrotii Lafresnaye, 1844
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Hylexetastes is a genus of birds in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.
Species
The genus contains the following species:[1]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Hylexetastes stresemanni | Bar-bellied woodcreeper | western Amazon in northern Bolivia, far western Brazil, eastern Peru, southeastern Colombia, and, as recently confirmed, eastern Ecuador. |
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Hylexetastes perrotii | Red-billed woodcreeper | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. |
| Hylexetastes uniformis | Uniform woodcreeper | south-central Amazon of Bolivia and Brazil. |
However, a phylogenetic study found support for at least five evolutionary species in Hylexetastes: the four species above and H. undulatus (currently included in the Bar-bellied woodpecker).[2]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Azuaje‐Rodríguez, Roxiris A.; Weckstein, Jason D.; Dispoto, Janice H.; Patel, Swati; Cacioppo, Joseph A.; Bates, John M.; Silva, Sofia Marques; Aleixo, Alexandre (2020). "Molecular systematics of the Amazonian endemic genus Hylexetastes (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae): taxonomic and conservation implications" (in en). Ibis 162 (1): 119–136. doi:10.1111/ibi.12693. ISSN 1474-919X.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1056786 entry
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