Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
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- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyFurnariidae (Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers)
- GenusDendrocolaptes (Barred Woodcreepers and Allies)
- SpeciesDendrocolaptes sanctithomae (Northern Barred-Woodcreeper)
About the Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
The northern barred woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae) is a sub-oscine passerine bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found from southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.
The northern barred woodcreeper was originally treated as a subspecies of the Amazonian barred woodcreeper (D. certhia). They were separated in the 1990s and remain a superspecies. Its further taxonomy, however, is unsettled. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and the Clements taxonomy assign it these four subspecies:
D. s. sheffleri Binford, 1965 D. s. sanctithomae (Lafresnaye, 1852) D. s. hesperius Bangs, 1907 D. s. punctipectus Phelps, WH & Gilliard, 1940 BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) treats D. s. punctipectus as a separate species, the eastern barred woodcreeper, and calls D. sanctitihomae the western barred woodcreeper. Clements recognizes the western and eastern designations within the single species, and the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society notes a publication that proposes the separation. Subspecies D... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Chagres National Park
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus susurrans
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Sittasomus griseicapillus
Black-striped Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
Spotted Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Dendrocincla fuliginosa
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Glyphorynchus spirurus
Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper
Deconychura typica
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
Ruddy Woodcreeper
Dendrocincla homochroa
Scaly-throated Leaftosser
Sclerurus guatemalensis
Tawny-throated Leaftosser
Sclerurus mexicanus
Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner
Automolus ochrolaemus
Global Distribution
Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Northern Barred-Woodcreeper in Chagres National Park?
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Barred-Woodcreeper sighting in Chagres National Park, based on 55 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Northern Barred-Woodcreeper in Chagres National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Northern Barred-Woodcreeper in Chagres National Park in our monthly data.