Black-banded Woodcreeper

Dendrocolaptes picumnus

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Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyFurnariidae (Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers)
GenusDendrocolaptes (Barred Woodcreepers and Allies)
SpeciesDendrocolaptes picumnus (Black-banded Woodcreeper)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Henri Pittier National Park

3 Verified sightings at Henri Pittier National Park From 2019 to 2026

1,243 Verified sightings across all 24 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Black-banded Woodcreeper

The black-banded woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes picumnus) is a sub-oscine passerine bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found discontinuously from Chiapas, Mexico, to Panama and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay.

The black-banded woodcreeper's taxonomy is unsettled. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and the Clements taxonomy recognize these 10 subspecies. Clements arranges them in three groups. "Spot-throated" group

D. p. puncticollis Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868 D. p. seilerni Hartert, EJO & Goodson, 1917 D. p. olivaceus Zimmer, JT, 1934 "Black-banded" group D. p. costaricensis Ridgway, 1909 D. p. multistrigatus Eyton, 1851 D. p. validus Tschudi, 1844

D. p. picumnus Lichtenstein, MHC, 1820 D. p. transfasciatus Todd, 1925 "Pale-billed" group D. p. pallescens Pelzeln, 1868 D. p. casaresi Steullet & Deautier, 1950 BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) does not recognize D. p. casaresi, apparently including it within D. p. pallescens.

Subspecies D. p. transfasciatus and D. p. pallescens were each treated as separate species by some early 20th... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Henri Pittier National Park

Xiphorhynchus susurrans

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Dendrocincla fuliginosa

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Sittasomus griseicapillus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Anabacerthia striaticollis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Lepidocolaptes souleyetii

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Cranioleuca subcristata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Philydor rufum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

LC Endemic

Syndactyla guttulata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Lochmias nematura

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Phacellodomus inornatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sclerurus albigularis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	~20%
2	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
3	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
4	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
5	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
6	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	<5%
7	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
8	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
9	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	<5%
10	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
11	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
12	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
13	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
14	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
15	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
16	Celaque National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
17	La Tigra National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
18	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
19	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Insufficient data
20	Cusuco National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
21	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
22	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
23	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
24	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

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Black-banded Woodcreeper

About the Black-banded Woodcreeper

Recent sightings of Black-banded Woodcreeper in Henri Pittier National Park

Closest Relatives at Henri Pittier National Park

Cocoa Woodcreeper

Plain-brown Woodcreeper

Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Montane Foliage-gleaner

Streak-headed Woodcreeper

Crested Spinetail

Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner

Guttulate Foliage-gleaner

Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper

Plain Thornbird

Streaked Tuftedcheek

Gray-throated Leaftosser

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found