Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- 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 Tikal National Park
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Sittasomus griseicapillus
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
Dendrocincla anabatina
Ruddy Woodcreeper
Dendrocincla homochroa
Strong-billed Woodcreeper
Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Glyphorynchus spirurus
Scaly-throated Leaftosser
Sclerurus guatemalensis
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner
Automolus ochrolaemus
Rufous-breasted Spinetail
Synallaxis erythrothorax
Brown Jay
Psilorhinus morio
Montezuma Oropendola
Psarocolius montezuma
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Northern Barred-Woodcreeper in Tikal National Park?
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Barred-Woodcreeper sighting in Tikal National Park, based on 322 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Northern Barred-Woodcreeper in Tikal National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Northern Barred-Woodcreeper in Tikal National Park in our monthly data.