Wikipedia / Xiphorhynchus
Wikipedia / Xiphorhynchus
Xiphorhynchus is a genus of birds in the woodcreeper subfamily (Dendrocolaptinae) that are found in Middle and South America.
Taxonomy
The genus Xiphorhynchus was introduced in 1827 by the English naturalist William Swainson. The name combines the Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos), meaning "sword", and ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos), meaning "snout, bill". Swainson did not specify the type species but this was subsequently designated as the ivory-billed woodcreeper.
The genus contains the following 13 species:
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
Xiphorhynchus obsoletus | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. | ||
Xiphorhynchus fuscus | eastern Brazil. | ||
Xiphorhynchus atlanticus | northeastern Brazil. | ||
Xiphorhynchus pardalotus | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. | ||
Xiphorhynchus ocellatus | Southern Amazonia. | ||
Xiphorhynchus elegans | western and southern Amazon in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. | ||
Xiphorhynchus spixii | eastern Amazon of Brazil. | ||
Xiphorhynchus guttatus | tropical South America in the Guiana | ||
Xiphorhynchus susurrans | tropical Central and South America in Trinidad, Tobago, northern Colombia and northern Venezuela. | ||
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster | Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. | ||
Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama. | ||
Xiphorhynchus erythropygius | Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. | ||
Xiphorhynchus triangularis | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. |
The straight-billed woodcreeper and Zimmer's woodcreeper are now separated in Dendroplex.
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