Curve-billed scythebill

The curve-billed scythebill (Campylorhamphus procurvoides) is a species of bird in the ovenbird family. It is found in Amazonia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Curve-billed scythebill
At Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Campylorhamphus
Species:
C. procurvoides
Binomial name
Campylorhamphus procurvoides
(Lafresnaye, 1850)

Taxonomy and systematics

Six subspecies are currently recognized:[2]

  • C. p. sanus Zimmer, JT, 1934: Found in north-western Amazonia
  • C. p. gyldenstolpei Aleixo et al., 2013: Proposed as a separate species, called the Tupana scythebill; found in western Amazonia.[3]
  • C. p. procurvoides (Lafresnaye, 1850): Found in north-eastern Amazonia
  • C. p. probatus Zimmer, JT, 1934: Found in south-western Amazonia in the Madeira-Tapajós interfluvium
  • C. p. cardosoi Portes et al., 2013: Proposed as a separate species. Found in south-central Amazonian Brazil in the Tapajós-Xingu interfluvium
  • C. p. multostriatus (Snethlage, E, 1907): Found in south-eastern Amazonia
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References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Campylorhamphus procurvoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. Aleixo, Alexandre; Portes, Carlos Eduardo B.; Whittaker, Andrew; Weckstein, Jason D.; Gonzaga, Luiz Pedreira; Zimmer, Kevin J.; Ribas, Camila C.; Bates, John M. (2013). "Molecular systematics and taxonomic revision of the Curve-billed Scythebill complex (Campylorhamphus procurvoides: Dendrocolaptidae), with description of a new species from western Amazonian Brazil". In Josep del Hoyo; Andrew Elliot; Jordi Sargatal; David Christie (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Ediciones. pp. 253–257. ISBN 978-84-96553-88-0.


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