Dendroplex
| Dendroplex | |
|---|---|
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| Straight-billed woodcreeper | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendrocolaptinae |
| Tribe: | Dendrocolaptini |
| Genus: | Dendroplex Swainson, 1827 |
| Species | |
Dendroplex is a genus of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily (Dendrocolaptinae). It was long merged into Xiphorhynchus, but its distinctness was recently validated.[1][2]
It contains the following species:
- Straight-billed woodcreeper, Dendroplex picus
- Zimmer's woodcreeper, Dendroplex kienerii - formerly Xiphorhynchus necopinus
References
- ↑ Aleixo, A., S. M. S. Gregory & J. Penhallurick. 2007. Fixation of the type species and revalidation of the genus Dendroplex Swainson, 1827 (Dendrocolaptidae). Bull. B. O. C. 127: 242-246.
- ↑ Aleixo, A. 2002. Molecular systematics and the role of the "várzea"-"terra-firme" ecotone in the diversification of Xiphorhynchus Woodcreepers (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae). Auk 119: 621-640.
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