Cinnamon-throated woodcreeper

The cinnamon-throated woodcreeper (Dendrexetastes rufigula) is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Dendrexetastes.[2]

Cinnamon-throated woodcreeper
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae
Genus: Dendrexetastes
Eyton, 1851
Species:
D. rufigula
Binomial name
Dendrexetastes rufigula
(Lesson, 1844)

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.[1]

The cinnamon-throated woodcreeper is genetically most closely related to the long-billed woodcreeper (Nasica longirostris).[3]

Four subspecies are recognised.[4]

  • D. r. devillei (Lafresnaye, 1850) – west Amazonia
  • D. r. rufigula (Lesson, RP, 1844) – east Venezuela, the Guianas and north Brazil
  • D. r. moniliger Zimmer, JT, 1934 – central west Brazil
  • D. r. paraensis Lorenz von Liburnau, L, 1895 – northeast Brazil south of the Amazon

References
  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Dendrexetastes rufigula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22703052A130281913. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22703052A130281913.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. "ITIS Report: Dendrexetastes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  3. Harvey, M.G.; et al. (2020). "The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot". Science. 370 (6522): 1343–1348. doi:10.1126/science.aaz6970. A high resolution version of the phylogenetic tree in Figure 1 is available from the first author's website here.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 March 2023.


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