Thripadectes

Thripadectes
Flammulated treehunter (Thripadectes flammulatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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The genus was established by Philip Sclater in 1862 with the flammulated treehunter as the type species.[1] The name Thripadectes is a combination of the Greek words thrips or thripos, meaning "woodworm" and dēktēs, meaning "biter" (from daknō, meaning "to bite").[2]

The genus contains seven species:[3]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
  Thripadectes ignobilis Uniform treehunter Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes
  Thripadectes flammulatus Flammulated treehunter Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes
Thripadectes scrutator Peruvian treehunter eastern Peruvian and Bolivian Andes
  Thripadectes rufobrunneus Streak-breasted treehunter Talamancan montane forests
  Thripadectes melanorhynchus Black-billed treehunter northern Andes
  Thripadectes holosticus Striped treehunter northern Andes
  Thripadectes virgaticeps Streak-capped treehunter Andes of Venezuela to Ecuador

References

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  1. ^ Sclater, P.L. (1862). Catalogue of a Collection of American Birds. London: N. Trubner and Co. p. 157.
  2. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 385. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ^ 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.