Dendrocincla Explained

Dendrocincla is a genus of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily Dendrocolaptinae.

Taxonomy and systematics

Extant species

The genus contains six species:^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Dendrocincla tyrannina		Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
	Dendrocincla fuliginosa		Honduras through South America to northern Argentina, and in Trinidad and Tobago.
	Dendrocincla turdina		eastern Brazil from Rio Grande do Sul north to Bahia, north-east Argentina (Misiones Province) and eastern Paraguay.
	Dendrocincla anabatina		Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
	Dendrocincla merula		Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
	Dendrocincla homochroa		southern Mexico to northern Colombia and extreme northern Venezuela.

Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Dendrocincla:

• Sangihe whistler (as Dendrocincla macrorhyncha)^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Ovenbirds, woodcreepers . World Bird List Version 9.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 22 January 2019 .
2. Web site: Coracornis sanghirensis - Avibase. avibase.bsc-eoc.org. 2017-01-29.