Dendroplex
Dendroplex is a genus of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily (Dendrocolaptinae). It was long merged into Xiphorhynchus, but its distinctness was recently validated.[1][2]
| Dendroplex | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| Straight-billed woodcreeper (Dendroplex picus) | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Aves | 
| Order: | Passeriformes | 
| Family: | Dendrocolaptidae | 
| Genus: | Dendroplex Swainson, 1827 | 
| Species | |
It contains the following species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution | 
|---|---|---|---|
|  | Dendroplex picus | Straight-billed woodcreeper | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. | 
|  | Dendroplex kienerii | Zimmer's woodcreeper | northeast Peru and southeast Colombia | 
References
    
- Aleixo, A., S. M. S. Gregory & J. Penhallurick. 2007. Fixation of the type species and revalidation of the genus Dendroplex Swainson, 1827 (Dendrocolaptidae). Bull. B. O. C. 127: 242-246.
- Aleixo, A. 2002. Molecular systematics and the role of the "várzea"-"terra-firme" ecotone in the diversification of Xiphorhynchus Woodcreepers (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae). Auk 119: 621-640.
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