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Valle de Cauca, Colombia, October 2014

Xiphorhynchus triangularis

Distribution

South America: found in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Clements recognises 4 subspecies^[1]:

• "X. t. hylodromus:

• Coastal and interior nountains of northern Venezuela

• "X. t. triangularis:

• Andes of Colombia, eastern Ecuador, northern Peru and western Venezuela

• "X. t. intermedius:

• Andes of central Peru (Pasco and Junín)

• "X. t. bangsi:

• Andes of south-eastern Peru to Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz)

Habitat

Moist montanes.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Olive-backed Woodcreeper. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Olive-backed_Woodcreeper

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