Woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae)
Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus pardalotus) - HBW 8, p. 426
French: Grimpar flambé
German: Beigekehl-Baumsteiger
Spanish: Trepatroncos Silbador
Taxonomy: Dendrocopus pardalotus Vieillot, 1818, “Cayenne”.
Molecular data support placement as sister to X. ocellatus, to the exclusion of X. chunchotambo. Affinities with X. spixii and X. elegans have also been suggested. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- caurensis Todd, 1948 - tepui region from S & SE Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar) and adjacent N Brazil E to W Guyana; possibly also W to extreme E Colombia.
- pardalotus (Vieillot, 1818) - NE Amazonia, N of Amazon, in the Guianas and N Brazil (R Negro E to Amapá); purported records S of Amazon (lower R Tapajós) probably based on mislabelled specimens.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird foraging up a trunk, catching and consuming a prey item. Locality Acarouany Creek, Mana, French Guiana (ssp pardalotus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 27 May 2011 37 weeks ago 53 sec 4 -
A bird lifting flakes of bark in search of invertebrates. Locality Brownsberg National Park, Suriname (ssp pardalotus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 22 July 2011 24 weeks ago 27 sec 3.8
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Call. Locality Campina Biological Reserve, Amazonas State, Brazil
(ssp pardalotus)
Nick Athanas 3 February 2006 1 year ago 4
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