Spix's woodcreeper
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Genus: | Xiphorhynchus |
| Species: | X. spixii
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| 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 (2018). "Xiphorhynchus spixii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22703118A130284616. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22703118A130284616.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 319.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Xiphorhynchus
- Birds of Brazil
- Birds of the Amazon Basin
- Endemic birds of Brazil
- Birds described in 1830
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