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Dendrocolaptidae

Woodcreepers

John Harshman
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taxon links [up-->]Dendrexetastes rufigula [up-->]Campylorhamphus [up-->]Lepidocolaptes [up-->]Dendrocincla [up-->]Hylexetastes [up-->]Xiphorhynchus [up-->]Dendrocolaptes [up-->]Glyphorynchus spirurus [up-->]Deconychura [up-->]Sittasomus griseicapillus [up-->]Drymornis bridgesii [up-->]Xiphocolaptes Monophyly UncertainMonophyly Uncertain[down<--]Furnarii Interpreting the tree
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Relationships after Irestedt et al. (2004), Moyle et al. (2009).
Containing group: Furnarii

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

For both Lepidocolaptes and Xiphorhynchus, the evidence is not yet strong either for monophyly or non-monophyly.

Other Names for Dendrocolaptidae

References

Gill, F. and M. Wright. 2006. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press.

Irestedt, M., J. Fjeldså, and P. G. P. Ericson. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of woodcreepers (Aves: Dendrocolaptinae) — incongruence between molecular and morphological data. Journal of Avian Biology 35:280–288.

Marantz, C. A., Aleixo, A, Bevier, L.R. and Patten, M.A. 2003. Family Dendrocolaptidae (woodcreepers). Pp. 358-447 in Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 8. Broadbills to tapaculos.(J. del Hoyo et al., eds.). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Marks, B. D., S. J. Hackett, and A. P. Capparella. 2002. Historical relationships among Neotropical lowland forest areas of endemism as inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence variation in the Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptidae: Glyphorynchus spirurus). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 24:155–167.

Raikow, R. J. 1994. A phylogeny of the woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptinae). Auk 111:104–114.

Raikow, R. J. 1994. Climbing adaptations in the hindlimb musculature of the woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptinae). Condor 96(4):1103-1106.

Tubaro, P. L., D. A. Lijtmaer, M. G. Palacios, and C. Kopuchian. 2002. Adaptive modification of tail structure in relation to body mass and buckling in woodcreepers. Condor 104(2):281-296.

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Scientific Name Xiphorhynchus guttatus
Location Petrópolis, Brasil
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Arapaçu-de-garganta-amarela
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Copyright © 2006 Antonio CBC Lopes
Scientific Name Drymornis bridgesii
Location Ibera Marshes, Argentina
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper (Drymornis bridgesii)
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2006 Lip Kee Yap
Scientific Name Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
Location Entre Rios, Argentina
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Narrow-billed woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes angustirostris)
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2006 Lip Kee Yap
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