Typus

• Upucerthia dumetaria I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832

Synonyms

• Coprotretis Cabanis & Heine, 1859
• Upuarthia [variation]
• Upupicerthia [variation]
• Uppucerthia [variation]

Primary references

• Nouvelles Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle ... (Paris) 1 p.393

Additional references

• Irestedt, M., Fjeldså, J. & Ericson, P.G.P. 2006. Evolution of the ovenbird-woodcreeper assemblage (Aves: Furnariidae) – major shifts in nest architecture and adaptive radiation. Journal of Avian Biology 37: 260–272. DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0908-8857.03612.x Abstract and PDF. Reference page. 

• Fjeldså, J., Irestedt, M., Jønsson, K.A., Ohlson, J.I. & Ericson, P.G.P. 2007. Phylogeny of the ovenbird genus Upucerthia: A case of independent adaptations for terrestrial life. Zoologica Scripta 36(2):133-141. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00270.x Full article viewReference page. 

• Chesser, R.T. & Brumfield, R.T. 2007. Tarphonomus, a new genus of ovenbird (Aves Passeriformes: Furnariidae) from South America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 120 (3): 337–339. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[337:TANGOO]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

• Chesser, R.T., Barker, F.K. & Brumfield, R.T. 2007. Fourfold polyphyly of the genus formerly known as Upucerthia, with notes on the systematics and evolution of the avian subfamily Furnariinae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(3):1320-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.04.014 AbstractReference page. 

• Chesser, R.T., Claramunt, S., Derryberry, E. & Brumfield, R.T. 2009. Geocerthia, a new genus of terrestrial ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae). Zootaxa 2213: 64–68. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189906 Full article (PDF).Reference page. 

• Areta, J. I., & M. Pearman. 2009. Natural history, morphology, evolution, and taxonomic status of the earthcreeper Upucerthia saturatior (Furnariidae) from the Patagonian forests of South America. Condor 111: 135–149. DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.080009 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Areta, J. I., & M. Pearman. 2013. Species limits and clinal variation in a widespread High Andean furnariid: the Buff-breasted Earthcreeper (Upucerthia validirostris). Condor 113:131–142. DOI: 10.1525/cond.2012.120039 . Full article (PDF)Reference page.