Thripadectes | |
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Flammulated treehunter (Thripadectes flammulatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Genus: | Thripadectes P.L. Sclater, 1862 |
Type species | |
Anabates flammulatus Eyton, 1849 | |
Species | |
7, see text |
Thripadectes is a genus of Neotropical birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae.
Taxonomy
The genus was established by Philip Sclater in 1862 with the flammulated treehunter as the type species. The name Thripadectes is a combination of the Greek words thrips or thripos, meaning "woodworm" and dēktēs, meaning "biter" (from daknō, meaning "to bite").
The genus contains seven species:
- Flammulated treehunter, Thripadectes flammulatus
- Striped treehunter, Thripadectes holostictus
- Uniform treehunter, Thripadectes ignobilis
- Black-billed treehunter, Thripadectes melanorhynchus
- Streak-breasted treehunter, Thripadectes rufobrunneus
- Peruvian treehunter, Thripadectes scrutator
- Streak-capped treehunter, Thripadectes virgaticeps
References
- Sclater, P.L. (1862). Catalogue of a Collection of American Birds. London: N. Trubner and Co. p. 157.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 385. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Thripadectes |
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