Woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae)

Great Rufous Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes major) - HBW 8, p. 417

French: Grand Grimpar German: Fuchsroter Baumsteiger Spanish: Trepatroncos Colorado
Other common names: Rufous Woodcreeper

Taxonomy: Dendrocopus major Vieillot, 1818, Paraguay.
Relationships uncertain; recent phylogenetic study based on morphology suggested an affiliation with X. albicollis. Nominate race and castaneus intergrade in N Argentina. Individual variation in plumage possibly more marked than geographical variation. Four subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

castaneus Ridgway, 1890 - NC & E Bolivia, SW Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) and NW Argentina (SE Jujuy, N Salta).
remoratus Pinto, 1945 - SW Mato Grosso, Brazil.
major (Vieillot, 1818) - Paraguay and N Argentina (Jujuy, Salta and Formosa S to Córdoba and NE Santa Fe).
estebani da Silva & Oren, 1991 - Tucumán, in NW Argentina.

Least Concern

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Agitated call notes. Locality Fazenda Currupira das Araras, Serra das Araras, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp remoratus)
Scott Olmstead 15 September 2008 3 years ago 3