Moustached Woodcreeper / Xiphocolaptes falcirostris
Moustached Woodcreeper
SCI Name:
Protonym: Dendrocolaptes falcirostris Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 1 p.86 pl.88
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Xiphocolaptes
Taxonomy Code: mouwoo1
Type Locality: no locality, = Oeiras, Piaui, by designation of Hellmayr, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Sen, 12, 1929, p. 357.
Author: von Spix
Publish Year: 1824
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
XIPHOCOLAPTES
(Furnariidae; Ϯ White-throated Woodcreeper X. albicollis) Gr. ξιφος xiphos sword; κολαπτης kolaptēs pecker < κολαπτω kolaptō to peck (cf. genus Colaptes Vigors, 1826, woodpecker); "II. BEC RECOURBÉ (Xiphocolaptes). 1º D. decumanus, Illig., Lichst., no. 147. — Grand Pic-grimpereau, Azara, 241. — Dendrocopus albicollis, Vieill., Encycl., II, p. 625. — Dendrocopus decumanus et falcirostris, Spix, pl. 87 et 88. — Dendrocopus albicollis, La Fr. et d'Orb., Cat., p. 10. — Hab. Saint-Paul. 2º D. squamatus, Lich. ... 3º D. tenuirostris, Lichs. ... 4º E. bivittatus, Lich. ... Dendrocopus angustirostris, Vieill.?? ... 5º D. major, Vieill. ... Dendrocopus rubiginosus, La Fr. ... 6º D. angustirostris ... 7º D. albogularis, King. ... 8º D. rubricaudatus? ... Trepadore remosycola roxos, Azara, nº 247 ... 9º D. fuscus ... 10º D. fuliginosus ... 11º D. maculatus ... 12º D. pyrrophius ... Tropadero ypardo, Azara, nº 255 ... 13º D. griseicapillus, Vieill. ... 14º D. promeropirhynchus, Less." (Lesson 1840); "Xiphocolaptes Lesson, Rev. Zool., 1840, p. 269. Type, by subsequent designation, Dendrocopus albicollis Vieillot (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 28)." (Peters 1951, VII, 26).
Synon. Dryocolaptes.
falcirostre / falcirostris
L. falx, falcis sickle; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
SUBSPECIES
Moustached Woodcreeper (falcirostris)
SCI Name: Xiphocolaptes falcirostris falcirostris
falcirostre / falcirostris
L. falx, falcis sickle; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
Moustached Woodcreeper (franciscanus)
SCI Name: Xiphocolaptes falcirostris franciscanus
franciscana / franciscanus
● Rio São Francisco, Bahia/ Minas Gerais, Brazil (Arremon, Knipolegus, Xiphocolaptes).
● Mod. L. Franciscanus Franciscan (alluding to the scarlet robes worn by the Franciscan order) (Euplectes).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)