Dendrocolaptes Explained

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]

Species

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

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Dendrocolaptes certhia		(Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, French Guiana, Colombia,Venezuela, also Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
	Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi		Brazil
	Dendrocolaptes picumnus		from Chiapas to Paraguay and northern Argentina.
	Dendrocolaptes platyrostris		Brazil, Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina.
	Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae		southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hermann, Johann . Johann Hermann . 1804 . Observationes zoologicae quibus novae complures, aliaeque animalium species describuntur et illustrantur . Latin . Argentorati . Amandum Koenig . 135 .
2. Book: Gray, George Robert . George Robert Gray . 1840 . A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus . London . R. and J.E. Taylor . 18 .
3. Book: Peters . James Lee . James L. Peters . 1951 . Check-list of Birds of the World . 7 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 31 .
4. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . limited . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 133 .
5. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Ovenbirds, woodcreepers . World Bird List Version 9.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 22 January 2019 .