Thripadectes | |
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Flammulated treehunter (Thripadectes flammulatus) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Genus: |
Thripadectes P.L. Sclater, 1862 |
Type species | |
Anabates flammulatus
Eyton, 1849
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Species | |
7, see text |
Thripadectes is a genus of Neotropical birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae.
The genus was established by Philip Sclater in 1862 with the flammulated treehunter as the type species. [1] The name Thripadectes is a combination of the Greek words thrips or thripos, meaning "woodworm" and dēktēs, meaning "biter" (from daknō, meaning "to bite"). [2]
The genus contains seven species: [3]
Thripadectes | |
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Flammulated treehunter (Thripadectes flammulatus) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Genus: |
Thripadectes P.L. Sclater, 1862 |
Type species | |
Anabates flammulatus
Eyton, 1849
| |
Species | |
7, see text |
Thripadectes is a genus of Neotropical birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae.
The genus was established by Philip Sclater in 1862 with the flammulated treehunter as the type species. [1] The name Thripadectes is a combination of the Greek words thrips or thripos, meaning "woodworm" and dēktēs, meaning "biter" (from daknō, meaning "to bite"). [2]
The genus contains seven species: [3]