Woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae)
Northern Barred Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae) - HBW 8, p. 419
French: Grimpar vermiculé
German: Nördlicher Bindenbaumsteiger
Spanish: Trepatroncos Barrado Norteño
Taxonomy: Dendrocops Sancti-Thomæ Lafresnaye, 1852, “in Sancti-Thomae Insula”; error = Santo Tomás, Izabal, Guatemala.
Until recently considered conspecific with D. certhia; accorded full species status on basis of vocal, behavioural and morphological differences. Vocal characters suggest that race punctipectus may also be a separate species, but more study needed; proposed race hyleorus doubtfully distinct from punctipectus, may reflect intergradation between it and nominate in N Colombia (Magdalena, Santander). Variation in both bill length and extent of pale base of lower mandible is clinal in nominate; this, combined with a typographical error, resulted in description of races .. View all taxonomy...
Until recently considered conspecific with D. certhia; accorded full species status on basis of vocal, behavioural and morphological differences. Vocal characters suggest that race punctipectus may also be a separate species, but more study needed; proposed race hyleorus doubtfully distinct from punctipectus, may reflect intergradation between it and nominate in N Colombia (Magdalena, Santander). Variation in both bill length and extent of pale base of lower mandible is clinal in nominate; this, combined with a typographical error, resulted in description of races nigrirostris (Costa Rica, Panama) and colombianus (W Colombia, NW Ecuador), both subsequently synonymized. Supposed variation leading to description of legtersi (Yucatán Peninsula) appears to reflect an artifact of type series. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sheffleri Binford, 1965 - Pacific slope of Sierra Madre del Sur in SW Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca).
- sanctithomae (Lafresnaye, 1852) - Central America and NW South America from S Mexico (C Veracruz, Yucatán Peninsula) S on Caribbean slope to Panama; locally also Pacific slope in S Mexico (one record in Chiapas), Honduras, El Salvador and from NW Costa Rica S to Panama, N & W Colombia (Chocó region) and NW (one record WC) Ecuador.
- hesperius Bangs, 1907 - Pacific-slope lowlands of SW Costa Rica (including Osa Peninsula) and adjacent W Panama.
- punctipectus Phelps, Sr. & Gilliard, 1940 - N Colombia (middle Magdalena Valley S to Santander, also Norte de Santander) and NW Venezuela (Maracaibo Basin in Zulia and N Mérida).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird at a small ant swarm Locality Cerro Azul, Chagres National Park, Panama (ssp sanctithomae)
Robert Schaefer 11 January 2012 8 weeks ago 28 sec 4 -
A bird catching insects while following army ants. Locality Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp hesperius)
Peter Nash 18 March 2002 5 years ago 24 sec 3.8 -
An individual reversing down a trunk and then having caught a cicada, kills and consumes it Locality Selva Verde Lodge, Chilamate, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (ssp sanctithomae)
Greg Baker 1 April 2001 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 48 sec 3.7 -
An adult creeping a trunk Locality Golfito, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Max Roth 31 January 2004 7 years ago 33 sec 3
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a male looking for eat
Locality Hato Nuevo, Chinandega Department, Nicaragua
Orlando Jarquín G. 2 April 2012 7 weeks ago 3 -
A lone bird observed near an army ant swarm.
Locality Ayampe, Manabí Province, Ecuador
Scott Olmstead 21 September 2006 2 years ago 3
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