Thripadectes

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| image = Thripadectes flammulatus -NBII Image Gallery-a00252.jpg

| image_caption = Flammulated treehunter (Thripadectes flammulatus)

| taxon = Thripadectes

| authority = P.L. Sclater, 1862

| type_species = Anabates flammulatus

| type_species_authority = Eyton, 1849

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 7, see text

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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.{{ cite book | last=Sclater | first=P.L. | author-link=Philip Sclater | year=1862 | title=Catalogue of a Collection of American Birds | location=London | publisher=N. Trubner and Co. | page=157 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13302475 }} The name Thripadectes is a combination of the Greek words {{Transliteration|grc|thrips}} or {{Transliteration|grc|thripos}}, meaning "woodworm" and {{Transliteration|grc|dēktēs}}, meaning "biter" (from {{Transliteration|grc|daknō}}, meaning "to bite").

The genus contains seven species:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2020 | title=Ovenbirds, woodcreepers | work=IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/ovenbirds/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=15 December 2020 }}

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

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{{cite book | title = The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names | url = https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | first = James A. | last = Jobling | year = 2010 | location = London, UK | publisher = Christopher Helm | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | page = [https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n385 385] }}

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Category:Bird genera

Category:Taxa named by Philip Sclater

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot