Woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae)
Striped Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus obsoletus) - HBW 8, p. 428
French: Grimpar strié
German: Streifenbaumsteiger
Spanish: Trepatroncos Loco
Taxonomy: Dendrocolaptes obsoletus M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1820, no locality = state of Pará, Brazil.
Relationships uncertain; on basis of molecular data, apparently ancestral to a morphologically variable clade that includes X. guttatus, X. susurrans, X. flavigaster and X. lachrymosus, possibly also X. erythropygius and X. triangularis. Assessment of race notatus complicated by marked individual variation in coloration, and intergradation over seemingly wide area with both nominate and palliatus; birds from R Purús drainage (possibly also R Madeira), in W Brazil, sometimes recognized as race multiguttatus, but intermediate betwe.. View all taxonomy...
Relationships uncertain; on basis of molecular data, apparently ancestral to a morphologically variable clade that includes X. guttatus, X. susurrans, X. flavigaster and X. lachrymosus, possibly also X. erythropygius and X. triangularis. Assessment of race notatus complicated by marked individual variation in coloration, and intergradation over seemingly wide area with both nominate and palliatus; birds from R Purús drainage (possibly also R Madeira), in W Brazil, sometimes recognized as race multiguttatus, but intermediate between nominate and palliatus. Validity of poorly differentiated race caicarae (relative to nominate), with biogeographically unlikely range, is uncertain. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- notatus (Eyton, 1852) - drainages of R Apure, upper R Orinoco, lower R Caura and upper R Negro in E Colombia, W & S Venezuela and adjacent NW Brazil; birds from lower R Negro intermediate with nominate.
- caicarae J. T. Zimmer & Phelps, Sr., 1955 - middle Orinoco Valley in C Venezuela (NW Bolívar).
- palliatus (Des Murs, 1855) - W Amazonia, both N & S of Amazon, in SE Colombia (Meta, Caquetá), E Ecuador, E Peru, W Amazonian Brazil (E to R Negro and to R Juruá) and N Bolivia (S to N La Paz and NW Beni); birds from R Purús intermediate with nominate.
- obsoletus (M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1820) - E Amazonia, in E Venezuela (Delta Amacuro), the Guianas and N Brazil (lower R Negro E to Amapá and, S of Amazon, from R Madeira E to R Tocantins and S to W & N Mato Grosso); populations in NE Bolivia (NE Santa Cruz) and NE Venezuela (E Monagas) likely represent this race.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird creeping in different trees. Locality Río Negro, Beni Department, Bolivia (ssp palliatus)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2005 5 years ago 25 sec 3.3 -
An individual creeping up a tree Locality Junglaven, Ventuari River, Amazonas State, Venezuela (ssp notatus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 February 2002 8 years ago 16 sec 3.3 -
A bird in a trunk, catching and eating a prey. Locality Río Negro, Beni Department, Bolivia (ssp palliatus)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2005 5 years ago 25 sec 3.2 -
A bird in a tree, calling and then foraging. Locality Pepperpot, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp obsoletus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 10 April 2011 38 weeks ago 27 sec 3 -
A bird climbing a trunk Locality Junglaven, Ventuari River, Amazonas State, Venezuela (ssp notatus)
Josep del Hoyo 3 March 2002 5 years ago 21 sec 3 -
A bird climbing a trunk Locality Junglaven, Ventuari River, Amazonas State, Venezuela (ssp notatus)
Josep del Hoyo 3 March 2002 5 years ago 21 sec 2
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Dorsal view on tree trunk
Locality Caratinga Biological Station, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Ian Barker 14 June 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
Caudal-lateral view
Locality Caratinga Biological Station, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Ian Barker 14 June 2010 1 year ago 3 -
adult
Locality Moy, Coronie District, Suriname
erikat 10 October 2010 1 year ago 3
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Song (single burst) Locality Napo Wildlife Center, Orellana Province, Ecuador
(ssp palliatus)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 18 June 2011 33 weeks ago 4
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