Talk:Ovenbird (family)

Cleanup
Is megaxenops a genus? Currently it is a redirect to Xenops which makes to reference to the genus. I know nothing about this but it's left me utterly confused.

As discussed in several pages below the subfamily covering Xenops and true Treecreepers doesn't exist as is claimed.

I appreciate this not be simple a simple family but at the very least when a link is selected the user should be presented with information covering the section that was clicked. I.e. if you click on a subfamily the article covers only that subfamily, if a tribe is selected only that tribe is covered and so on.

As it stands navigating this family is far too confusing. JohnCastle 20:58, 29 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Outcommented species so at least it is more compact now. "As discussed in several pages below the subfamily covering Xenops and true Treecreepers doesn't exist as is claimed ." - I see no references!? The 2004/2005 papers AGREE that the Xenopini are not subspecifically distinct from WOODcreepers! Treecreepers are an entirely distinct group of birds. Maybe the new 2006 study doesn't, which I will put here shortly; it should resolve a lot of what is unresolved. Dysmorodrepanis 00:59, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * "As discussed in several pages below the subfamily covering Xenops and true Treecreepers doesn't exist as is claimed ." - checking the last publicatrions suggest that this statement is patently untrue. According to current knowledge, it exists exactly as given here, with a xenops and a true woodcreeper tribe. Megaxenops might belong to the former but its affiliations seem not to have been verified; it is fairly distinct and might belong to a different subfamily altogether.
 * The issue that Dendrocolaptinae redirects to Woodcreeper which is not correct needs to be resolved. See also my merge request. Dysmorodrepanis 01:09, 30 October 2006 (UTC)