White-chinned Woodcreeper
Dendrocincla merula(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1820)
English (US) White-chinned Woodcreeper
The White-chinned Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla merula) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Furnariidae (Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Dendrocincla merula
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-chinned Woodcreeper
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1820)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 7 subspecies for this species.
- Dendrocincla merula bartletti
- Dendrocincla merula merula
- Dendrocincla merula obidensis
- Dendrocincla merula remota
- Dendrocincla merula olivascens
- Dendrocincla merula castanoptera
- Dendrocincla merula badia
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Dendrocolaptes Merula
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1820)
- Type locality
- Cayenne.
- Original description
- Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften p.208
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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