The greater scythebill (''Drymotoxeres pucheranii'') is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. This species is found at very low densities in highland rainforests and cloud forests in the

Tropical Andes The Tropical Andes is northern of the three climate-delineated parts of the Andes, the others being the Dry Andes and the Wet Andes. The Tropical Andes' area spans . Geography and ecology file:Andes_clima.png, 200px, Map of the climatic regions ...

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, Ecuador, and Peru. It has traditionally been included in the genus ''

Campylorhamphus ''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. The greater scythebill wa ...

'' together with the other scythebills, but the discovery of its closer affinities with the

scimitar-billed woodcreeper The scimitar-billed woodcreeper (''Drymornis bridgesii'') is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. It is in the monotypic genus ''Drymornis''. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, where its natural hab ...

resulted in the description of the new genus ''Drymotoxeres'' for the Greater Scythebill.Claramunt, S., E. P. Derryberry, R. T. Chesser, A. Aleixo & R. T. Brumfield. 2010. Polyphyly of Campylorhamphus with the description of a new genus for C. pucherani. Auk 127: 430-439.

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