Dendroplex
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Genus of birds
| Dendroplex | |
|---|---|
| Straight-billed woodcreeper (Dendroplex picus) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendrocolaptinae |
| Genus: | Dendroplex Swainson, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Oriolus picus Gmelin, JF, 1788
| |
| Species | |
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]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dendroplex picus | Straight-billed woodcreeper | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. | |
| Dendroplex kienerii | Zimmer's woodcreeper | Amazon river and tributaries |
References
- ^ 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 .
- ^ Swainson, William (1827). "On several groups and forms in ornithology, not hitherto defined". Zoological Journal. 3: 158–175, 343–363 [354].
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
