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Category:Ochetorhynchus - BirdForum Opus

Genus: Ochetorhynchus

Description

Three Earthcreepers and Crag Chilia from South America.

Taxonomy

Ochetorhynchus is a genus in the Family Furnariidae.
This genus is now accepted by Clements (2010) and Gill and Donsker (2010). The reasons for accepting this change can be read in the SACC proposal linked below.


Genus Ochetorhynchus viewedit
O. andaecola Rock Earthcreeper
O. ruficaudus Straight-billed Earthcreeper
O. phoenicurus Band-tailed Earthcreeper
O. melanurus Crag Chilia

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  3. SACC proposal to resurrect this genus and populate with these four species.

Pages in category ‘Ochetorhynchus’

The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.

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