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Genus: Tarphonomus

Description

Two species of Earthcreepers, which differ in nest structure from the other Earthcreepers.

Taxonomy

Tarphonomus is a newly described genus (2007) in the Family Furnariidae.

These Earthcreepers have been moved from the genus Upucerthia.[1][2] The reasons for transferring the species can be read in the SACC proposal linked below.[3]


Genus Tarphonomus viewedit
T. harterti Bolivian Earthcreeper
T. certhioides Chaco Earthcreeper

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 recognize genus Tarphonomus and place these two species in it.

Pages in category ‘Tarphonomus’

The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.

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