Woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae)
Planalto Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes platyrostris) - HBW 8, p. 422
French: Grimpar des plateaux
German: Planaltobaumsteiger
Spanish: Trepatroncos Oscuro
Taxonomy: Dendrocolaptes platyrostris Spix, 1824, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Apparently forms a superspecies with D. hoffmannsi and D. picumnus, and sometimes considered conspecific with latter on grounds of morphological similarity. Race intermedius exhibits some vocal differences from nominate, but plumage characters of the two intergrade where they come into contact in SE Brazil (E São Paulo, S Goias, Minas Gerais) and S Paraguay. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- intermedius Berlepsch, 1883 - NE, C & SC Brazil, from SE Pará (Marabá), Maranhão, Ceará and W Pernambuco S to S Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais and Bahia; also adjacent E Paraguay (rarely farther W).
- platyrostris Spix, 1824 - E & SE Brazil (S Bahia and E Minas Gerais S to Rio Grande do Sul), also adjacent SE Paraguay and NE Argentina (Misiones, N & E Corrientes, E Formosa, E Chaco).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a trunk. Locality Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí State, Brazil (ssp intermedius)
Josep del Hoyo 7 October 2008 2 years ago 25 sec 4 -
A bird creeping and seen behind leaves at the end Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (ssp intermedius)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 10 sec 3.7 -
A bird climbing on a trunk Locality Lençois, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil (ssp intermedius)
Josep del Hoyo 16 January 2005 4 years ago 42 sec 3.6 -
A bird creeping on a trunk Locality Santa Teresa, Espirito Santo State, Brazil (ssp intermedius)
Josep del Hoyo 25 January 2005 4 years ago 9 sec 3.3 -
A bird on a tree trunk, then going away. Locality Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí State, Brazil (ssp intermedius)
Josep del Hoyo 7 October 2008 2 years ago 15 sec 3 -
A bird going up a tree. Locality Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí State, Brazil (ssp intermedius)
Josep del Hoyo 7 October 2008 2 years ago 34 sec 3
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A bird climbs a tree.
Locality Embiara Lodge, Aquidauana, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (ssp intermedius)
Carmelo López 13 November 2011 16 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird climbing on the trunk
Locality Passo do Lontra, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 11 August 2010 27 weeks ago 3.4 -
A bird on a trunk.
Locality Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí State, Brazil (ssp intermedius)
Josep del Hoyo 7 October 2008 2 years ago 3.4 -
A bird climbing a tree.
Locality Karadya Bio-Reserve, Misiones Province, Argentina (ssp platyrostris)
Carmelo López 25 November 2011 17 weeks ago 3.3
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A pair unsolicited. Locality Serra de Baturité, Ceará State, Brazil
(ssp intermedius)
Ciro Albano 15 April 2006 2 years ago 3
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