• Source: Thripadectes

Thripadectes is a genus of Neotropical birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae.




Taxonomy


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

Flammulated treehunter, Thripadectes flammulatus
Striped treehunter, Thripadectes holostictus
Uniform treehunter, Thripadectes ignobilis
Black-billed treehunter, Thripadectes melanorhynchus
Streak-breasted treehunter, Thripadectes rufobrunneus
Peruvian treehunter, Thripadectes scrutator
Streak-capped treehunter, Thripadectes virgaticeps




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Thripadectes
• Treehunter
• Passerine
• Uniform treehunter
• Ovenbird (family)
• Peruvian treehunter
• Megarynchus
• Scrubbird
• Streak-capped treehunter
• Plantcutter