Elegant woodcreeper
species of bird
The elegant woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus elegans) is a species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Taxonomy and systematics
The elegant woodcreeper has these five subspecies:
X. e. buenavistae Zimmer, JT, 1948
X. e. ornatus Zimmer, JT, 1934
X. e. insignis (Hellmayr, 1905)
X. e. juruanus (Ihering, HFA, 1905)
X. e. elegans (Pelzeln, 1868)
Some authors have treated the elegant woodcreeper and Spix's woodcreeper (X. spixii) as conspecific. Subspecies X. e. insignis and X. e.
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