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Dendrocincla

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Dendrocincla
Plain-brown woodcreeper, (Dendrocincla fuliginosa)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae
Genus: Dendrocincla
G.R. Gray, 1840
Type species
Dendrocolaptes turdina[1]
Lichtenstein, 1820
Species

6, see text

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

Taxonomy and systematics

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Extant species

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The genus contains six species:[2]

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


Former species

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

References

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  1. ^ "Dendrocolaptidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Coracornis sanghirensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
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