Xiphorhynchus

Xiphorhynchus is a genus of birds in the woodcreeper subfamily (Dendrocolaptinae) that are found in Middle and South America.

Xiphorhynchus
Ivory-billed woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Furnariidae
Subfamily:	Dendrocolaptinae
Genus:	Xiphorhynchus Swainson, 1827
Type species
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster Swainson, 1827
Species
see text
Synonyms
Talapius Rafinesque, 1815 Picolaptes René-Primevère Lesson, 1832 Dendrornis Eyton, 1852 Thripobrotus Cabanis, 1847 Xiphorynchus Xyphorhynchus Ziphorhynchus Ziphorynchus

Taxonomy

The genus Xiphorhynchus was introduced in 1827 by the English naturalist William Swainson.^[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek xiphos meaning "sword" with rhunkhos meaning "bill".^[2] Swainson did not specify the type species but this was subsequently designated as the ivory-billed woodcreeper.^[3]

The genus contains the following 13 species:^[4]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Striped woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus obsoletus	Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
	Lesser woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus fuscus	eastern Brazil.
	Ceara woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus atlanticus	northeastern Brazil.
	Chestnut-rumped woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus pardalotus	Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
	Ocellated woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus ocellatus	Southern Amazonia.
	Elegant woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus elegans	western and southern Amazon in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
	Spix's woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus spixii	eastern Amazon of Brazil.
	Buff-throated woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus guttatus	tropical South America in the Guiana
	Cocoa woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus susurrans	tropical Central and South America in Trinidad, Tobago, northern Colombia and northern Venezuela.
	Ivory-billed woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus flavigaster	Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
	Black-striped woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus	Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama.
	Spotted woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus erythropygius	Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
	Olive-backed woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus triangularis	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

The straight-billed woodcreeper and Zimmer's woodcreeper are now separated in Dendroplex.