Dendrocolaptinae

Belongs within: Furnariidae.
Contains: Xiphorhynchus, Lepidocolaptes.

The Dendrocolaptinae, woodcreepers, are a Neotropical group of mostly brown birds with strongly clawed feet and stiffened tails.

<==Dendrocolaptinae [Dendrocolaptidae]
    |  i. s.: Picolaptes lineaticepsS18
    |--Glyphorhynchus Wied 1831A02, B94 [Glyphorhynchidae]
    |    |--G. cuneatusS18 [incl. Xenophasia platyrhynchaS41]
    |    |    |--G. c. cuneatusS18
    |    |    `--G. c. pectoralisS18
    |    `--G. spirurusA02
    |         |--G. s. spirurusE52
    |         `--G. s. sublestusE52
    `--+--+--+--Sittasomus Swainson 1837A02, B94 [Sittasomidae]
       |  |  |    |--S. amazonusSS66
       |  |  |    `--S. griseicapillusA02
       |  |  `--DeconychuraBKB15
       |  |       |--D. longicaudaBKB15
       |  |       |--D. stictolaemaJT12
       |  |       `--D. typicaS18
       |  `--Dendrocincla Gray 1840BKB15, B94 [Dendrocinclidae]
       |       |  i. s.: D. lafresnayiS18
       |       |--D. merulaBKB15
       |       `--+--+--D. turdinaBKB15
       |          |  `--D. tyranninaBKB15
       |          `--+--D. homochroaBKB15
       |             |    |--D. h. homochroaS18
       |             |    `--D. h. ruficepsS18
       |             `--+--D. anabatinaBKB15
       |                `--D. fuliginosaBKB15
       |                     |--D. f. fuliginosaE52
       |                     `--D. f. ridgwayiE52 [=D. lafresnayi ridgwayiS18]
       `--+--+--XiphorhynchusA02
          |  `--+--+--LepidocolaptesA02
          |     |  `--CampyloramphusA02
          |     |       |  i. s.: C. pucheraniJT12
          |     |       |         C. venezuelensisS18
          |     |       |--C. falculariusA02
          |     |       `--+--C. pusillusBKB15
          |     |          `--+--C. procurvoidesA02
          |     |             `--C. trochilirostrisA02
          |     |                  |--C. t. trochilirostrisE52
          |     |                  `--C. t. brevipennisE52
          |     `--Dendroplex Swainson 1827JT12, A02
          |          |--D. kienerii [=Xiphorhynchus kienerii; incl. X. necopinus]A02
          |          `--D. picus [=Xiphorhynchus picus]A02
          |               |--D. p. picusA02
          |               |--D. p. altirostris [=Xiphorhynchus picus altirostris]A02
          |               |--D. p. bahiae [=Xiphorhynchus picus bahiae]A02
          |               |--‘Xiphorhynchus’ p. choicaPP62
          |               |--‘Xiphorhynchus’ p. longirostrisPP62
          |               |--‘Xiphorhynchus’ p. paraguanae Phelps & Phelps 1962PP62
          |               |--D. p. phalara [=Xiphorhynchus picus phalara]A02
          |               |--‘Xiphorhynchus’ p. picirostrisPP62
          |               `--‘Xiphorhynchus’ p. saturatiorPP62
          `--+--+--Dendrexetastes rufigulaA02
             |  `--+--Nasica longirostrisA02
             |     `--+--Drymotoxeres pucheraniiBKB15
             |        `--Drymornis Eyton 1852A02, B94 [Drymornithidae]
             |             `--D. bridgesiiBKB15
             `--+--Dendrocolaptes Hermann 1804A02, B94 [incl. Dendrocops Swainson 1837B94; Dendrocopidae]
                |    |  i. s.: D. hoffmannsiJT12
                |    |         D. validus [=Dendrocops validus]SS66
                |    |--+--D. certhia (Boddaert 1783)BKB15, MW91
                |    |  |    |--D. c. certhiaE52
                |    |  |    `--D. c. nigriorstrisE52
                |    |  `--D. sanctithomaeBKB15
                |    `--+--D. picumnusBKB15
                |       `--D. platyrostrisBKB15
                `--+--HylexetastesBKB15
                   |    |--H. brigidaiJT12
                   |    |--H. perrotiiA02
                   |    |--H. stresemanniJT12
                   |    `--H. uniformisJT12
                   `--Xiphocolaptes Lesson 1840BKB15, B94 [Xiphocolaptidae]
                        |  i. s.: X. falcirostrisJT12
                        |--X. albicollisBKB15
                        `--+--X. majorBKB15
                           `--X. promeropirhynchusBKB15

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[A02] Aleixo, A. 2002. Molecular systematics and the role of the “várzea”–“terra-firme” ecotone in the diversification of Xiphorhynchus woodcreepers (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae). Auk 119 (3): 621–640.

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[E52] Eisenmann, E. 1952. Annotated list of birds of Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117 (5): 1–62.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[MW91] Millener, P. R., & T. H. Worthy. 1991. Contributions to New Zealand’s late Quaternary avifauna. II: Dendroscansor decurvirostris, a new genus and species of wren (Aves: Acanthisittidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 21: 179–200.

[PP62] Phelps, W. H., & W. H. Phelps Jr. 1962. Two new subspecies of birds from Venezuela, the rufous phase of Pauxi pauxi, and other notes. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 75: 199–204.

[SS66] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.

[S18] Stone, W. 1918. Birds of the Panama Canal Zone, with special reference to a collection made by Mr. Lindsey L. Jewel. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 70: 239–280.

[S41] Strickland, H. 1841. On some new genera of birds. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 9: 27–33.