Dendrocolaptidae

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A group of forest birds with stiff tail feathers that climb tree trunks

noun
/ˌdɛn.drə.kəˈlæp.tɪˌdeɪ/

Specialized

: Dendrocolaptidae

The Dendrocolaptidae family includes various species of woodcreepers.

Examples

Several members of Dendrocolaptidae have distinctive curved bills used for extracting insects from bark.
The family Dendrocolaptidae includes species adapted to foraging on tree trunks.
Scientists studied the evolutionary history of Dendrocolaptidae in the Amazon rainforest.
I spotted a Dendrocolaptidae climbing the tree yesterday.
Scientists studied the evolutionary history of Dendrocolaptidae in the Amazon rainforest.
Several members of Dendrocolaptidae have distinctive curved bills for extracting insects from bark.
The family Dendrocolaptidae consists of various woodcreeper species that climb trees.

Synonyms

family Dendrocolaptidae

vsDendrocolaptidae

Specialized

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A group of birds that climb trees and live in Central and South America

highlights stiff tail feathers as the climbing adaptation rather than focusing on geographic range

Compounds

family Dendrocolaptidae

Specialized

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A group of birds that climb trees and live in Central and South America

Surface Forms

Dendrocolaptidae singular

Dendrocolaptidaes plural

Morphology

Dendrocolaptidae = dendrocolaptid (opaque) = dendro + colapt + idae

The name is a technical taxonomic formation: the family suffix '-idae' is clear to specialists, but the Greek combining stems are not recognizable to average learners, so the base is not helpful for deriving meaning.

Etymology

Dendrocolaptidae comes from Greek parts dendro- 'tree' and kolaptēs 'pecker', with the family ending -idae. So it literally means 'tree peckers', which fits these woodcreeper birds that climb trunks and peck bark like small woodpeckers.