Subspecies punctigula
Photo by Stanley Jones
Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica, February 2014
Photo by Stanley Jones
Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica, February 2014
- Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
Identification
19–24 cm (7½-9½ in)
- Long, slightly decurved bill
Distribution
Central and South America:
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia, Ecuador,
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 5 subspecies[1]:
- X. e. erythropygius:
- Highlands of southern Mexico (San Luis Potosí to Oaxaca and Guerrero)
- X. e. parvus:
- Highlands of southern Mexico (se Oaxaca, Chiapas) to north-central Nicaragua
- X. e. punctigula:
- Tropical south-eastern Nicaragua to central Panama (Veraguas)
- X. e. insolitus:
- X. e. aequatorialis:
Habitat
Lowland and montane humid forests, mostly evergreen.
Behaviour
Diet
Little known, but thought to consist of arthropods and invertebrates.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Jan 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Spotted Woodcreeper. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Spotted_Woodcreeper
