Dendrocolaptes
Genus of birds
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Dendrocolaptes is a genus of Neotropical birds in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.
| Dendrocolaptes | |
|---|---|
| |
| Planalto woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes platyrostris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendrocolaptinae |
| Genus: | Dendrocolaptes Hermann, 1804 |
| Type species | |
| Gracula cayennensis[1] Gmelin, 1788 | |
The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Johann Hermann in 1804.[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the Amazonian barred woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes certhia) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840.[3][4] The genus name comes from Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron), meaning "tree", and κολάπτης (koláptēs), meaning "chiseller, pecker".[5]
Species
The genus contains the following five species:[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dendrocolaptes certhia | Amazonian barred woodcreeper | (Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, French Guiana, Colombia,Venezuela, also Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. |
 | Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi | Hoffmanns's woodcreeper | Brazil, south of the Amazon river |
 | Dendrocolaptes picumnus | Black-banded woodcreeper | from Chiapas to Paraguay and northern Argentina. |
_(cropped).jpg) | Dendrocolaptes platyrostris | Planalto woodcreeper | Brazil, Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina. |
.jpg) | Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae | Northern barred woodcreeper | southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. |
