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Photo by Francisco Paludo
Alta Floresta, MT, Brasil, March, 2018

Xiphorhynchus elegans

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

There are 4 or 5 subspecies^{[1], [2]}:

• X. e. buenavistae:

• Eastern slope of East Andes of Colombia in upper Orinoco drainage

• X. e. ornatus:

• Tropical south-eastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru and adjacent north-western Brazil

• X. e. insignis:

• Foothills of east-central Peru (south of Río Marañón)

• X. e. elegans:

• Brazil south of the Amazon and northern Bolivia

• X. e. juruanus: sometimes split as Spix's Woodcreeper

• South-eastern Peru to north-eastern Bolivia and western Brazil (west of Rio Madeira)

Habitat

Lowland humid forest.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Elegant Woodcreeper. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Elegant_Woodcreeper

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