Dendroplex Explained

Dendroplex is a genus of birds in the woodcreeper subfamily Dendrocolaptinae. It was long merged into Xiphorhynchus, but its distinctness has now been established.^[1]

Taxonomy

The genus Dendroplex was introduced in 1827 by the English naturalist William John Swainson.^[2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek dendron meaning "tree" with plēssō meaning "to strike".^[3] Swainson did not specify a type species but this was fixed in 2007 as the straight-billed woodcreeper which had first been described in 1788 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin with the binomial name Oriolus picus.^{[4] [5]}

The genus contains two species:^[6]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Dendroplex picus		Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
	Dendroplex kienerii		Amazon river and tributaries

Notes and References

1. Aleixo . Alexandre . 2002 . Molecular systematics and the role of the "Várzea"–"Terra-Firme" ecotone in the diversification of Xiphorhynchus woodcreepers (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae) . The Auk . 119 . 3 . 621–640 . 10.1093/auk/119.3.621 . free .
2. Swainson . William John . William John Swainson . 1827 . On several groups and forms in ornithology, not hitherto defined . Zoological Journal . 3 . 158–175, 343–363 [354] .
3. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 133 .
4. Aleixo . A. . Gregory . S.M.S. . Penhallurick . J. . 2007 . Fixation of the type species and revalidation of the genus Dendroplex Swainson, 1827 (Dendrocolaptidae) . Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . 127 . 242–246 .
5. Book: Dickinson . E.C. . Edward C. Dickinson . Christidis . L. . Leslie Christidis . 2014 . The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World . 2: Passerines . 4th . Eastbourne, UK . Aves Press . 978-0-9568611-2-2 . 115 .
6. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . January 2023 . Ovenbirds, woodcreepers . IOC World Bird List Version 13.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 6 March 2023 .