Dendrocincla
Genus of birds
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Dendrocincla is a genus of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily Dendrocolaptinae.
| Dendrocincla | |
|---|---|
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| Plain-brown woodcreeper, (Dendrocincla fuliginosa) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendrocolaptinae |
| Genus: | Dendrocincla G.R. Gray, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Dendrocolaptes turdina[1] Lichtenstein, 1820 | |
| Species | |
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6, see text | |
Taxonomy and systematics
Extant species
The genus contains six species:[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dendrocincla tyrannina | Tyrannine woodcreeper | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. |
_(13895000480).jpg) | Dendrocincla fuliginosa | Plain-brown woodcreeper | Honduras through South America to northern Argentina, and in Trinidad and Tobago. |
 | Dendrocincla turdina | Plain-winged woodcreeper | eastern Brazil from Rio Grande do Sul north to Bahia, north-east Argentina (Misiones Province) and eastern Paraguay. |
 | Dendrocincla anabatina | Tawny-winged woodcreeper | Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. |
 | Dendrocincla merula | White-chinned woodcreeper | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |
 | Dendrocincla homochroa | Ruddy woodcreeper | southern Mexico to northern Colombia and extreme northern Venezuela. |
Former species
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Dendrocincla:
- Sangihe whistler (as Dendrocincla macrorhyncha)[3]
