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[[Image:Buff-throated_Woodcreeeper.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|Marcelo+Padua|Marcelo Padua}}<br />[[Transpantaneira Road|Transpantaneira]], Brazil]]
 
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'''Inlcudes: Lafresnaye's Woodcreeper; Dusky-billed Woodcreeper'''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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22·5–29·5 cm (8¾-11½ in)
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*Rufous upperparts
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*Olive brown underparts, wings and tail
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*Streaked buff head, neck, mantle and chest<br />
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Bill
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*Long, slightly decurved, and hooked
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:*Dark grey upper [[Dictionary_M-O#M|mandible]]
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:*Pale greyish-horn lower mandible
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Image:Buff-throated Woodcreeper2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''guttatoides''<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Aconabikh Centre, north of Tarapoto, San Martín, [[Peru]], December 2016]]
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[[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Guianas]] [[Guyana]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]] and [[Brazil]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 8 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''X. g. polystictus'':
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:*Eastern [[Colombia]] to the [[Guianas]] and extreme northern [[Brazil]]
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*''X. g. connectens'':
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:*North-western Amazonian [[Brazil]] north of the Amazon (Manaus to Amapá)
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*''X. g. guttatus'':
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:*Coastal eastern [[Brazil]] (Paraíba to Espírito Santo)<br />
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'''Lafresnaye's Woodcreeper group'''
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*''X. g. guttatoides'':
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:*Tropical western Amazonian basin
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*''X. g. dorbignyanus'':
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:*Tropical north-eastern [[Bolivia]] to east-central [[Brazil]]<br />
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'''Dusky-billed Woodcreeper group'''
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*''X. g. eytoni'':
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:*South Amazonian [[Brazil]] south of the Amazon (Rio Madeira to Maranhão)
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*''X. g. vicinalis'':
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:*[[Brazil]] south of the Amazon (Rio Madeira to Rio Tapajós)
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*''X. g. gracilirostris'':
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:*North-eastern [[Brazil]] (Serra do Baturité, Ceará)
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Some authorities split the '''Lafresnaye's Woodcreeper''' ''Xiphorhynchus guttatoides'' and/or '''Dusky-billed Woodcreeper''' ''Xiphorhynchus eytoni'' from this species.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Humid forest and woodland.
 
==Behaviour==
 
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==Bird Song==
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists mostly of arthropods with small invertebrates added at times. Items taken may include ants, insects and spiders.
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====Breeding====
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They build a bark-lined nest in a tree hole or hollow stump. The clutch consists of 2 white eggs.
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====Vocalisation====
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'''Call''': - a loud ''chev-re chev-re''.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
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#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
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{{GSearch|Xiphorhynchus+guttat}}  
  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Xiphorhynchus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Xiphorhynchus]]

Revision as of 14:38, 14 February 2018

Photo by Marcelo Padua
Transpantaneira, Brazil
Xiphorhynchus guttatus

Inlcudes: Lafresnaye's Woodcreeper; Dusky-billed Woodcreeper

Identification

22·5–29·5 cm (8¾-11½ in)

  • Rufous upperparts
  • Olive brown underparts, wings and tail
  • Streaked buff head, neck, mantle and chest

Bill

  • Long, slightly decurved, and hooked
  • Dark grey upper mandible
  • Pale greyish-horn lower mandible

Distribution

Subspecies guttatoides
Photo by Stanley Jones
Aconabikh Centre, north of Tarapoto, San Martín, Peru, December 2016

South America: found in Colombia, Guianas Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 8 subspecies[1]:

  • X. g. polystictus:
  • X. g. connectens:
  • North-western Amazonian Brazil north of the Amazon (Manaus to Amapá)
  • X. g. guttatus:
  • Coastal eastern Brazil (Paraíba to Espírito Santo)

Lafresnaye's Woodcreeper group

  • X. g. guttatoides:
  • Tropical western Amazonian basin
  • X. g. dorbignyanus:

Dusky-billed Woodcreeper group

  • X. g. eytoni:
  • South Amazonian Brazil south of the Amazon (Rio Madeira to Maranhão)
  • X. g. vicinalis:
  • Brazil south of the Amazon (Rio Madeira to Rio Tapajós)
  • X. g. gracilirostris:
  • North-eastern Brazil (Serra do Baturité, Ceará)

Some authorities split the Lafresnaye's Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatoides and/or Dusky-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus eytoni from this species.

Habitat

Humid forest and woodland.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of arthropods with small invertebrates added at times. Items taken may include ants, insects and spiders.

Breeding

They build a bark-lined nest in a tree hole or hollow stump. The clutch consists of 2 white eggs.

Vocalisation

Call: - a loud chev-re chev-re.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
  4. Wikipedia

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External Links

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