Family Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Least Concern
Tschudi's Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus chunchotambo)
Taxonomy
French: Grimpar de Tschudi German: Bartstreif-Baumsteiger Spanish: Trepatroncos de Tschudi
Taxonomy:
Dendrocolaptes Chunchotambo
Tschudi
, 1844,Chanchamayo Valley, Junín, Peru
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Subspecies and Distribution
X. c. napensis
Chapman, 1924 – lower Andean slopes and adjacent Amazonian lowlands from S Colombia (SE Nariño, W Caquetá) S to NE Peru (S to R Marañón).
X. c. chunchotambo
(Tschudi, 1844) – lower Andean slopes in E & NE Peru (S of R Marañón to Ucayali and Junín).
X. c. brevirostris
J. T. Zimmer, 1934 – Andean foothills and adjacent lowlands in SE Peru, Brazil (S Acre)#R and N & C Bolivia (La Paz and W Beni E to W Santa Cruz).
Descriptive notes
21–24·5 cm; 30–38 g. A slim, medium-sized woodcreeper with bill relatively long, slim and noticeably decurved distally. Nominate race has face finely streaked... read more
Voice
Song apparently given somewhat intermittently (often only few songs in a bout), primarily at dawn... read more
Habitat
Evergreen forest, primarily on lower Andean slopes, but also in adjacent lowlands. Principally... read more
Food and feeding
Presumably insectivorous, but diet not described in detail. Most prey relatively small (average 0·5 cm), but larger items to 4 cm in length... read more
Breeding
Virtually unknown; nothing published on nest, eggs or even of timing of breeding. Juvenile in early Dec in Peruvian Andes. In one study,... read more
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Uncommon to fairly common throughout range; at least in Peru, appears to be more common in lower montane forest above c. 1000 m than in adjacent... read more
Has normally been considered conspecific with X. ocellatus (which see), but split in HBW supported by several analyses#R#R, and song indicated as distinctive#R; race napensis allied with X. ocellatus by some authors, but external morphology supports original treatment as a race of present species. Three subspecies recognized.