Spix's woodcreeper
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Genus: | Xiphorhynchus |
Species: | X. spixii
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Binomial name | |
Xiphorhynchus spixii (Lesson, 1830)
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Spix's woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus spixii) is a species of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily (Dendrocolaptinae). The elegant woodcreeper was previously considered a subspecies of the Spix's woodcreeper. It is endemic to humid lowland forest in the eastern Amazon of Brazil.
The common name commemorates the German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix (1782-1826).[2]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Xiphorhynchus spixii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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(help) - ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 319.