Woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae)

White-striped Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes leucogaster) - HBW 8, p. 439

French: Grimpar givré German: Nördlicher Weißbauch-Baumsteiger Spanish: Trepatroncos Escarchado
Other common names: White-bellied Woodcreeper

Taxonomy: Xiphorhynchus leucogaster Swainson, 1827, Temascaltepec, México, Mexico.
Suggested sister-species relationship with L. angustirostris seems unlikely on basis of biogeography. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • umbrosus R. T. Moore, 1934 - NW Mexico from E & SE Sonora and SW Chihuahua S to Durango, Nayarit and N Jalisco.
  • leucogaster (Swainson, 1827) - W & S Mexico on Pacific slope and interior (from Jalisco, W Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí, S to S Oaxaca) and on Atlantic slope (from WC Veracruz S to SE Oaxaca).

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