Thripadectes

Thripadectes is a genus of Neotropical birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

Thripadectes
Flammulated treehunter (Thripadectes flammulatus)
Scientific classification
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

Taxonomy

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]

• 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