Greater scythebill
| Greater scythebill | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Genus: | Drymotoxeres Claramunt, Derryberry, Chesser,RT, Aleixo & Brumfield, 2010 |
| Species: | D. pucheranii |
| Binomial name | |
| Drymotoxeres pucheranii (Des Murs, 1849) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Campylorhamphus pucherani | |
The greater scythebill (Drymotoxeres pucheranii) is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. This species is found at very low densities in highland forest in the Andes, ranging from Colombia to Peru. It has traditionally been included in Campylorhamphus together with the other scythebills, but it is closer to the scimitar-billed woodcreeper, leading to the description of the new genus Drymotoxeres.[1]
References
- ↑ Claramunt, S., E. P. Derryberry, R. T. Chesser, A. Aleixo & R. T. Brumfield. 2010. Polyphyly of Campylorhamphus with the description of a new genus for C. pucherani. Auk 127: 430-439.
- BirdLife International 2004. Campylorhamphus pucherani. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.