| Dendroplex | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Straight-billed woodcreeper (Dendroplex picus) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendrocolaptinae |
| Genus: | Dendroplex Swainson, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Oriolus picus Gmelin, JF, 1788 | |
| Species | |
Dendroplex is agenus of birds in the woodcreepersubfamilyDendrocolaptinae. It was long merged intoXiphorhynchus, but its distinctness has now been established.[1]
The genusDendroplex was introduced in 1827 by the English naturalistWilliam Swainson.[2] The genus name combines theAncient Greekdendron meaning "tree" withplēssō meaning "to strike".[3] Swainson did not specify atype species but this was fixed in 2007 as thestraight-billed woodcreeper which had first been described in 1788 byJohann Friedrich Gmelin with the binomial nameOriolus picus.[4][5]
The genus contains two species:[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dendroplex picus | Straight-billed woodcreeper | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. |
 | Dendroplex kienerii | Zimmer's woodcreeper | Amazon river and tributaries |
