Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Glyphorynchus spirurus(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
English (US) Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
The Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Furnariidae (Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 13 subspecies for this species.
- Glyphorynchus spirurus pectoralis
- Glyphorynchus spirurus subrufescens
- Glyphorynchus spirurus pallidulus
- Glyphorynchus spirurus integratus
- Glyphorynchus spirurus rufigularis
- Glyphorynchus spirurus amacurensis
- Glyphorynchus spirurus spirurus
- Glyphorynchus spirurus coronobscurus
- Glyphorynchus spirurus castelnaudii
- Glyphorynchus spirurus albigularis
- Glyphorynchus spirurus inornatus
- Glyphorynchus spirurus paraensis
- Glyphorynchus spirurus cuneatus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Neops spirurus
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
- Type locality
- South America = Cayenne, ex Levaillant, Hist. Nat. Promerops, pi. 31, fig. 1.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 31 p.338
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Creamy-rumped Miner
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Spot-throated Woodcreeper
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Olivaceous Woodcreeper
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Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper
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Mournful Long-tailed Woodcreeper
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Tyrannine Woodcreeper
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