Woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae)
Long-tailed Woodcreeper (Deconychura longicauda) - HBW 8, p. 405
French: Grimpar à longue queue
German: Langschwanz-Baumsteiger
Spanish: Trepatroncos Colilargo
Taxonomy: Dendrocincla longicauda Pelzeln, 1868, Borba, Marabitanas, Barra do Rio Negro = Manaus, Brazil.
Races typica, darienensis and minor sometimes considered to constitute a separate species, with small size and vocal characters suggesting possibly closer relationship to D. stictolaema than to Amazonian populations of present species. Birds from NW Colombia (Córdoba) possibly intergrades between darienensis and minor. Amazonian races more uniform morphologically, but song of nominate differs so markedly that remaining three may warrant species status as D. pallida, with zimmeri and connectens as races. Populations in Andean foot.. View all taxonomy...
Races typica, darienensis and minor sometimes considered to constitute a separate species, with small size and vocal characters suggesting possibly closer relationship to D. stictolaema than to Amazonian populations of present species. Birds from NW Colombia (Córdoba) possibly intergrades between darienensis and minor. Amazonian races more uniform morphologically, but song of nominate differs so markedly that remaining three may warrant species status as D. pallida, with zimmeri and connectens as races. Populations in Andean foothills of E Ecuador apparently belong to connectens, but adjacent lowland birds possibly race pallida; further study required. Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- typica Cherrie, 1891 - S Honduras (isolated site), and NC & SW Costa Rica E to C Panama (Chiriquí, Veraguas).
- darienensis Griscom, 1929 - E Panama and adjacent NW Colombia.
- minor Todd, 1919 - NC Colombia (Santander).
- typica Cherrie, 1891 - S Honduras (isolated site), and NC & SW Costa Rica E to C Panama (Chiriquí, Veraguas).
- darienensis Griscom, 1929 - E Panama and adjacent NW Colombia.
- minor Todd, 1919 - NC Colombia (Santander).
- longicauda (Pelzeln, 1868) - the Guianas and N Brazil, N of Amazon, from R Negro E to Amapá.
- connectens J. T. Zimmer, 1929 - W & NW Amazonia, N of Amazon, from E Colombia and S Venezuela S to E Peru (W of R Ucayali) and NW Brazil (upper R Negro).
- pallida J. T. Zimmer, 1929 - S Amazonia, S of Amazon, from E & SE Peru (E of R Ucayali) E to C Amazonian Brazil (E at least to R Tapajós) and S to N Bolivia and N Mato Grosso.
- zimmeri Pinto, 1974 - SE Amazonian Brazil, S of Amazon, from at least R Tocantins (possibly from R Tapajós) E to Maranhão.
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single adult foraging in selectively-logged primary forest, note engorged tick on its neck.
Locality Paragominas, Pará State, Brazil (ssp zimmeri)
Alexander Lees 8 October 2010 43 weeks ago 2.6
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Song. Locality Tierra Blanca, Loreto Department, Peru
(ssp connectens)
Nick Athanas 12 May 2008 1 year ago 3.5
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