Moustached Woodcreeper
Xiphocolaptes falcirostris(Spix, JB, 1824)
English (US) Moustached Woodcreeper
The Moustached Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes falcirostris) 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
- Xiphocolaptes falcirostris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Moustached Woodcreeper
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1824)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Xiphocolaptes falcirostris falcirostris
- Xiphocolaptes falcirostris franciscanus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Dendrocolaptes falcirostris
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1824)
- Type locality
- no locality, = Oeiras, Piaui, by designation of Hellmayr, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Sen, 12, 1929, p. 357.
- Original description
- Avium species novae, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX (etc.) 1 p.86 pl.88
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
Hoffmanns's Woodcreeper
Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi
Planalto Woodcreeper
Dendrocolaptes platyrostris
Bar-bellied Woodcreeper
Hylexetastes stresemanni
Red-billed Woodcreeper
Hylexetastes perrotii
Uniform Woodcreeper
Hylexetastes uniformis
Strong-billed Woodcreeper
Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
White-throated Woodcreeper
Xiphocolaptes albicollis
Great Rufous Woodcreeper
Xiphocolaptes major
Striped Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus obsoletus
Ceara Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus atlanticus
Lesser Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus fuscus
Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus pardalotus
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