Woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae)
Moustached Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes falcirostris) - HBW 8, p. 416
French: Grimpar à moustaches
German: Piauibaumsteiger
Spanish: Trepatroncos Bigotudo
Other common names: Snethlage’s Woodcreeper (franciscanus)
Taxonomy: Dendrocolaptes falcirostris Spix, 1824, no locality = Oeiras, Piauí, Brazil.
Uncertain whether affinities closer to X. promeropirhynchus or to X. albicollis. Race franciscanus considered a full species by many authors and a race of X. albicollis by some, but possibly not even a valid taxon; race villanovae of latter sometimes placed in present species. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- falcirostris (Spix, 1824) - NE Brazil from E Maranhão and Ceará E to W Paraíba and W Pernambuco, S to NW Bahia.
- franciscanus Snethlage, 1927 - E Brazil, W of R São Francisco, in W Bahia and N & NW Minas Gerais; specimen allegedly collected in Paraná Valley (Goiás) now believed to have been mislabelled.
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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One bird perched in a carnauba (palm tree) singing at the end. Locality Caucaia, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp falcirostris)
Ciro Albano 22 January 2008 3 years ago 57 sec 4 -
Habitando carnaubais Locality Aquiraz, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp Xiphocolaptes falcirostris falcirostris)
Weber Girão 30 October 2009 2 years ago 52 sec 3
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Courtship display by a pair.
Locality Olho d'água do Urucum Private Reserve, Parambu, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp falcirostris)
Ciro Albano 17 March 2007 3 years ago 4 -
Courtship display by a pair.
Locality Olho d'água do Urucum Private Reserve, Parambu, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp falcirostris)
Ciro Albano 17 March 2007 3 years ago 3.8 -
One bird.
Locality Aquiraz, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp falcirostris)
Ciro Albano 30 October 2009 2 years ago 3.4
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After play-back. Locality Parambu, Ceará State, Brazil
(ssp falcirostris)
Ciro Albano 18 March 2007 2 years ago 4
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