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Xiphorhynchus
Ivory-billed woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae
Genus: Xiphorhynchus
Swainson, 1827
Type species
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
Swainson, 1827
Species

see text

Synonyms
  • Talapius Rafinesque, 1815
  • Picolaptes René-Primevère Lesson, 1832
  • Dendrornis Eyton, 1852
  • Thripobrotus Cabanis, 1847
  • Xiphorynchus
  • Xyphorhynchus
  • Ziphorhynchus
  • Ziphorynchus

Xiphorhynchus is a genus of birds in the woodcreeper subfamily (Dendrocolaptinae) that are found in Middle and South America.

Taxonomy

The genus Xiphorhynchus was introduced in 1827 by the English naturalist William John Swainson.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek xiphos meaning "sword" with rhunkhos meaning "bill".[2] Swainson did not specify the type species but this was subsequently designated as the ivory-billed woodcreeper.[3]

The genus contains the following 13 species:[4]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Striped woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Lesser woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus fuscus eastern Brazil.
Ceara woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus atlanticus northeastern Brazil.
Chestnut-rumped woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus pardalotus Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Ocellated woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus ocellatus Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Elegant woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus elegans western and southern Amazon in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Spix's woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus spixii eastern Amazon of Brazil.
Buff-throated woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus tropical South America in the Guiana
Cocoa woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans tropical Central and South America in Trinidad, Tobago, northern Colombia and northern Venezuela.
Ivory-billed woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
Black-striped woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Spotted woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Olive-backed woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus triangularis Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

The straight-billed woodcreeper and Zimmer's woodcreeper are now separated in Dendroplex.

References

  1. ^ Swainson, William John (1827). "A synopsis of the birds discovered in Mexico by W. Bullock, F.L.S. and Mr. William Bullock jun". Philosophical Magazine. New Series. 1: 364–369, 433–442 [440].
  2. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 411. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 36.
  4. ^ 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.


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