Olive-backed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus triangularis Scientific name definitions
Text last updated January 1, 2003
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Catalan | grimpa-soques de dors olivaci |
Croatian | maslinastoleđa puzavica |
Dutch | Olijfrugmuisspecht |
English | Olive-backed Woodcreeper |
English (United States) | Olive-backed Woodcreeper |
French | Grimpar à dos olive |
French (Canada) | Grimpar à dos olive |
German | Olivrücken-Baumsteiger |
Japanese | オリーブオニキバシリ |
Norwegian | olivenryggtreløper |
Polish | mieczonos andyjski |
Russian | Оливковоспинный древолаз |
Serbian | Maslinastoleđa puzavica |
Slovak | klzáčik olivový |
Spanish | Trepatroncos Dorsioliva |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Trepatroncos Dorsioliva |
Spanish (Peru) | Trepador de Dorso Olivo |
Spanish (Spain) | Trepatroncos dorsioliva |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Trepador Lomiaceituno |
Swedish | olivryggig trädklättrare |
Turkish | Yeşil Sırtlı Tırmaşık |
Ukrainian | Кокоа андійський |
Xiphorhynchus triangularis (de Lafresnaye, 1842)
Definitions
- XIPHORHYNCHUS
- triangularis
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Introduction
Olive-backed Woodcreeper is an arboreal songbird of the subtropical zone of northern Andean forests. It is found from Venezuela south to Bolivia in forest and edge habitat from 1000 to 2500 meters in elevation. It is olive-brown above with a stout, fairly straight bill, rufous olive wings and tail, and dull brown head and underparts marked with buffy spots. The greatest diversity of Xiphorhynchus woodcreepers is in the lowlands; Olive-backed is unusual in the genus for being restricted to montane forests. A typical woodcreeper in behavior, it forages either alone or in mixed species flocks by hitching around on tree trunks and limbs, and is typically quiet.
Field Identification
Systematics History
Editor's Note: This article requires further editing work to merge existing content into the appropriate Subspecies sections. Please bear with us while this update takes place.
Sister-species to X. erythropygius (1), and sometimes regarded as conspecific; treatment as separate species supported by molecular evidence, vocalizations, apparent lack of intergradation, and elevational replacement where ranges approach (at most, very limited sympatry on W slope of Andes in SW Colombia and W Ecuador). Proposed race distinctus (W Andes of Colombia) included in nominate; hylodromus differs only slightly from nominate, but is geographically disjunct; intermedius intergrades in SE Peru with bangsi, from which it may not be reliably distinguishable. Four subspecies recognized.Subspecies
Xiphorhynchus triangularis hylodromus Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Xiphorhynchus triangularis hylodromus Wetmore, 1939
Definitions
- XIPHORHYNCHUS
- triangularis
- hylodroma / hylodromus
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Xiphorhynchus triangularis triangularis Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Xiphorhynchus triangularis triangularis (de Lafresnaye, 1842)
Definitions
- XIPHORHYNCHUS
- triangularis
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Xiphorhynchus triangularis intermedius Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Xiphorhynchus triangularis intermedius Carriker, 1935
Definitions
- XIPHORHYNCHUS
- triangularis
- intermedea / intermedia / intermedianus / intermedium / intermedius
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Xiphorhynchus triangularis bangsi Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Xiphorhynchus triangularis bangsi Chapman, 1919
Definitions
- XIPHORHYNCHUS
- triangularis
- bangsi
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Distribution
Editor's Note: Additional distribution information for this taxon can be found in the 'Subspecies' article above. In the future we will develop a range-wide distribution article.
Habitat
Movement
Diet and Foraging
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Breeding
Conservation Status
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding