Dendrocolaptes

Dendrocolaptes is a genus of Neotropical birds in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.

Dendrocolaptes
Planalto woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes platyrostris)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae
Genus: Dendrocolaptes
Hermann, 1804

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 name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek dendrokolaptēs meaning "woodpecker".[4]

Species

The genus contains the following five species:[5]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Dendrocolaptes certhiaAmazonian barred woodcreeper(Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, French Guiana, Colombia,Venezuela, also Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsiHoffmanns's woodcreeperBrazil
Dendrocolaptes picumnusBlack-banded woodcreeperfrom Chiapas to Paraguay and northern Argentina.
Dendrocolaptes platyrostrisPlanalto woodcreeperBrazil, Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina.
Dendrocolaptes sanctithomaeNorthern barred woodcreepersouthern Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.

References
  1. Hermann, Johann (1804). Observationes zoologicae quibus novae complures, aliaeque animalium species describuntur et illustrantur (in Latin). Argentorati: Amandum Koenig. p. 135.
  2. 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.
  3. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 31.
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 January 2019.


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