Xiphocolaptes is a genus of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.

Xiphocolaptes
White-throated woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes albicollis)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae
Genus: Xiphocolaptes
Lesson, 1840
Type species
Dendrocopus albicollis[1]
Vieillot, 1818
Species

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Species

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The genus contains four species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
  Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus Strong-billed woodcreeper Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela
  Xiphocolaptes albicollis White-throated woodcreeper Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
  Xiphocolaptes falcirostris Moustached woodcreeper Brazil.
  Xiphocolaptes major Great rufous woodcreeper Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.


References

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  1. ^ "Dendrocolaptidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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