Hylexetastes

Genus of birds

Hylexetastes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae
Genus: Hylexetastes
P.L. Sclater, 1889
Type species
Dendrocolaptes perrotii
Lafresnaye, 1844

Hylexetastes is a genus of birds in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.

Species

The genus contains the following species:[1]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Hylexetastes stresemanni Bar-bellied woodcreeper western Amazon in northern Bolivia, far western Brazil, eastern Peru, southeastern Colombia, and, as recently confirmed, eastern Ecuador.
Hylexetastes perrotii Red-billed woodcreeper Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Hylexetastes uniformis Uniform woodcreeper south-central Amazon of Bolivia and Brazil.


However, a phylogenetic study found support for at least five evolutionary species in Hylexetastes: the four species above and H. undulatus (currently included in the Bar-bellied woodpecker).[2]

References

  1. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. ^ Azuaje-Rodríguez, Roxiris A.; Weckstein, Jason D.; Dispoto, Janice H.; Patel, Swati; Cacioppo, Joseph A.; Bates, John M.; Silva, Sofia Marques; Aleixo, Alexandre (2020). "Molecular systematics of the Amazonian endemic genus Hylexetastes (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae): taxonomic and conservation implications". Ibis. 162 (1): 119–136. doi:10.1111/ibi.12693. ISSN 1474-919X.

External links

  • Media related to Hylexetastes at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Hylexetastes at Wikispecies
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  • Phylum: Chordata
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  • Order: Passeriformes
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Hylexetastes


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