Certhiaxis

<i>Certhiaxis</i>

Certhiaxis

Genus of birds

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

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Taxonomy

The genus Certhiaxis was introduced in 1844 by the French naturalist René Lesson with the yellow-chinned spinetail as the type species.[1][2] The name is a combination of the genus Certhia that was introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for the treecreepers and the genus Synallaxis that was introduced by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1818 for the spinetails.[3]

The genus contains two species:[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Lesson, René (1844). "Catalogue des oiseaux nouveaux ou peu connus de la collection Abeillé". L'Echo du Monde Savant (in French). Part 2. Col. 182.
  2. [2]
    Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 94.
  3. [3]
    Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. [4]
    Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 March 2023.


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