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Nasica longirostris - Long-billed Woodcreeper

Nasica longirostris

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Tyranni
Infraordo: Tyrannides
Parvordo: Furnariida
Superfamilia: Furnarioidea

Familia: Furnariidae
Subfamilia: Dendrocolaptinae
Genus: Nasica
Species: Nasica longirostris
Subspecies:

Dubious taxon or synonym: N. l. australis

Name

Nasica longirostris (Vieillot, 1818)
Type locality

Boca do Igarapé Piaba, near Óbidos, Pará, Brazil.

Synonyms

Dendrocopus longirostris (protonym)
Nasica nasalis Lesson, 1830

References

Vieillot, L.J.P. 1818. Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Par une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. Avec des figures tirées des trois règnes de la nature. 26. 584 pp. + 8 tt. Déterville, Paris. Original description p.117 BHL Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Long-billed Woodcreeper
español: Trepatroncos piquilargo
português: Arapaçu-de-bico-comprido

The long-billed woodcreeper (Nasica longirostris) is a species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the woodcreepers. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Nasica.[2]
Distribution and habitat

It is found in the Amazon Basin of Brazil, and Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia; also the middle and upper Orinoco River Basin of Venezuela. It is also found in most of Guianan French Guiana bordering the northeast Amazon Basin and Brazilian state Amapá. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical swamps.
References

BirdLife International (2012). "Nasica longirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
Monroe, Burt L.; Sibley, Charles G. (1997). A World Checklist of Birds. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. 173. ISBN 0-300-07083-7.

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