Zimmer's Woodcreeper

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Zimmer's Woodcreeper
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae
Tribe: Dendrocolaptini
Genus: Dendroplex
Species: D. kienerii
Binomial name
Dendroplex kienerii
(Zimmer, 1934)
Synonyms

Xiphorhynchus kienerii
Xiphorhynchus necopinus (Zimmer, 1934)

Zimmer's Woodcreeper (Dendroplex kienerii) is a species of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily (Dendrocolaptinae). Its genus, Dendroplex, was recently confirmed to be distinct from Xiphorhynchus. It is found in the Amazon of Brazil, Peru and Colombia. Its natural habitat is Várzea.

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