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Woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae)

Montane Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger) - HBW 8, p. 441

French: Grimpar montagnard German: Bergwald-Baumsteiger Spanish: Trepatroncos Montano

Taxonomy: Dendrocolaptes lacrymiger Des Murs, 1849, Mexico; error = “Santa Fe de Bogotá”, Colombia.
Forms a superspecies with L. affinis, and treated as conspecific by most recent authors; separated on grounds of differences in plumage and voice, although vocal characters yet to be analysed in detail. Races can be divided into two groups based on morphology: N “lacrymiger group”, also including sneiderni (which intergrades with nominate in Bogotá region of Colombia), sanctaemartae and lafresnayi; and S “warscewiczi group”, also including weakly differentiated races aequatorialis, carabayae, bolivianus and frigidus.. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Dendrocolaptes lacrymiger Des Murs, 1849, Mexico; error = “Santa Fe de Bogotá”, Colombia.
Forms a superspecies with L. affinis, and treated as conspecific by most recent authors; separated on grounds of differences in plumage and voice, although vocal characters yet to be analysed in detail. Races can be divided into two groups based on morphology: N “lacrymiger group”, also including sneiderni (which intergrades with nominate in Bogotá region of Colombia), sanctaemartae and lafresnayi; and S “warscewiczi group”, also including weakly differentiated races aequatorialis, carabayae, bolivianus and frigidus. Nine subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • sanctaemartae (Chapman, 1912) - N Colombia (Santa Marta region).
  • lacrymiger (Des Murs, 1849) - E Andes of Colombia (from Norte de Santander S to Bogotá); also adjacent W Venezuela (Perijá Mts, Mérida Andes).
  • lafresnayi (Cabanis & Heine, 1859) - coastal cordillera of N Venezuela (Carabobo E to Miranda, and SW Sucre; recent sight record from Lara probably involved this race).

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  • sanctaemartae (Chapman, 1912) - N Colombia (Santa Marta region).
  • lacrymiger (Des Murs, 1849) - E Andes of Colombia (from Norte de Santander S to Bogotá); also adjacent W Venezuela (Perijá Mts, Mérida Andes).
  • lafresnayi (Cabanis & Heine, 1859) - coastal cordillera of N Venezuela (Carabobo E to Miranda, and SW Sucre; recent sight record from Lara probably involved this race).
  • sneiderni Meyer de Schauensee, 1945 - Colombia S from Bogotá (except Nariño), on both slopes of W & C Andes and W slope of E range, also upper Cauca and Magdalena Valleys.
  • frigidus Meyer de Schauensee, 1951 - S Colombia (E Andean slopes in Nariño).
  • aequatorialis (Menegaux, 1912) - Pacific slope of Andes in Nariño (SW Colombia), both slopes in Ecuador (in W, S to Loja); unclear whether birds on W Slope in NW Peru refer to aequatorialis or warscewiczi.
  • warscewiczi (Cabanis & Heine, 1859) - E slope of Andes in extreme SE Ecuador and N & C Peru (Cajamarca and Amazonas S to Junín).
  • carabayae Hellmayr, 1920 - E slope of Andes in SE Peru (Cuzco, Puno).
  • bolivianus (Chapman, 1919) - E slope of Andes in NE & C Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba, W Santa Cruz).

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