Campylorhamphus
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Campylorhamphus is a bird genus in the woodcreeper subfamily (Dendrocolaptinae). They are found in wooded habitats in South America and southern Central America, and all have very long, somewhat scythe-shaped bills.
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Campylorhamphus | |
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Red-billed scythebill (Campylorhamphus trochilirostris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Subfamily: | Dendrocolaptinae |
Genus: | Campylorhamphus Bertoni, AW, 1901 |
Type species | |
Campylorhamphus longirostris[1] Bertoni, 1901 | |
Synonyms | |
Campyloramphus (lapsus) |
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The greater scythebill was formerly included in this genus, but it is closer to the scimitar-billed woodcreeper.[2]