Hylexetastes

Hylexetastes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Dendrocolaptidae
Genus:	Hylexetastes; P.L. Sclater, 1889

Hylexetastes is a genus of birds in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.

The genus contains the following species:[1]

Bar-bellied woodcreeper (Hylexetastes stresemanni)
Red-billed woodcreeper (Hylexetastes perrotii)
Uniform woodcreeper (Hylexetastes uniformis) – split from H. perrotii
Brigida's woodcreeper (Hylexetastes brigidai) – described in 1995

However, a phylogenetic study found support for at least five evolutionary species in Hylexetastes: the four species above and H. undulatus (currently included in the Bar-bellied woodpecker).[2]

References

Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
Azuaje‐Rodríguez, Roxiris A.; Weckstein, Jason D.; Dispoto, Janice H.; Patel, Swati; Cacioppo, Joseph A.; Bates, John M.; Silva, Sofia Marques; Aleixo, Alexandre (2020). "Molecular systematics of the Amazonian endemic genus Hylexetastes (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae): taxonomic and conservation implications". Ibis. 162 (1): 119–136. doi:10.1111/ibi.12693. ISSN 1474-919X.

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[ioc-1] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

[2] Azuaje‐Rodríguez, Roxiris A.; Weckstein, Jason D.; Dispoto, Janice H.; Patel, Swati; Cacioppo, Joseph A.; Bates, John M.; Silva, Sofia Marques; Aleixo, Alexandre (2020). "Molecular systematics of the Amazonian endemic genus Hylexetastes (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae): taxonomic and conservation implications". Ibis. 162 (1): 119–136. doi:10.1111/ibi.12693. ISSN 1474-919X.