Zimmer's woodcreeper

Zimmer's woodcreeper
Zimmer's woodcreeper at Iranduba, Amazonas state, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae
Tribe: Dendrocolaptini
Genus: Dendroplex
Species: D. kienerii
Binomial name
Dendroplex kienerii
(Zimmer, 1934)
Synonyms

Xiphorhynchus kienerii
Xiphorhynchus necopinus (Zimmer, 1934)

Zimmer's woodcreeper (Dendroplex kienerii) is a species of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily (Dendrocolaptinae). Its genus, Dendroplex, was recently confirmed to be distinct from Xiphorhynchus. It mainly occurs in Brazil's Amazon basin as well as in adjacent border areas of northeast Peru and southeast Colombia. Its natural habitat is Várzea.

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