Dendrocolaptes

Dendrocolaptes
	Planalto woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes platyrostris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Furnariidae
Genus:	Dendrocolaptes; Hermann, 1804

Dendrocolaptes is a genus of Neotropical birds in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.

The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Johann Hermann in 1804.^[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the Amazonian barred woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes certhia) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840.^[2]^[3] The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek dendrokolaptēs meaning "woodpecker".^[4]

The genus contains the following five species:^[5]

References[]

^ Hermann, Johann (1804). Observationes zoologicae quibus novae complures, aliaeque animalium species describuntur et illustrantur (in Latin). Argentorati: Amandum Koenig. p. 135.
^ Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 18.
^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 31. |volume= has extra text (help)
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

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