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- Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
Identification
Bill long, strong, and almost straight.
Similar species
Most similar to Streak-headed Woodcreeper which has smaller, shorter, but more strongly curved bill, and is less boldly marked on mantle.
Distribution
From Mexico (southern Sonora and Tamaulipas) south to northwest Costa Rica.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Eight subspecies are recognized1:
- X.f. tardus:
- Tropical north-western Mexico (extreme south-eastern Sonora and northern Sinaloa)
- X.f. mentalis:
- Western Mexico (Sinaloa and Durango to Jalisco and Michoacán)
- X.f. flavigaster:
- South-western Mexico (Guerrero and southern Oaxaca)
- X.f. saltuarius:
- North-eastern Mexico (southern Tamaulipas, south-eastern San Luis Potosí and northern Veracruz)
- X.f. ascensor:
- Caribbean slope of southern Mexico (southern Veracruz to Oaxaca and Tabasco)
- X.f. yucatanensis:
- South-eastern Mexico (Yucatán Peninsula to northern Belize); Meco Island)
- X.f. eburneirostris:
- Pacific slope of southern Mexico to Belize, Honduras and north-western Costa Rica
- X.f. ultimus:
- North-western Costa Rica (Nicoya Peninsula)
Habitat
Found in woodlands
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Ivory-billed Woodcreeper. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ivory-billed_Woodcreeper
