Southern Amazonian Brazil, south of Amazon, from R Madeira east to R Tapajós and its headwaters at R Juruena, southern at least to Rondônia and south-western Mato Grosso (southern limit of range unclear). Alleged records farther eastern (to lower R Xingu) appear to refer to mislabelled specimens.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Hoffmanns's Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi) [XC38745]
by Jeremy Minns from Borba, Amazonas, Brazil (song)
Hoffmanns's Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi) [XC91269]
by Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni from Borba, Amazonas, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Apparently forms a superspecies with Black-banded Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes picumnus) and suggested as conspecific by some authors, and with Planalto Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes platyrostris), being closely allied to both based on vocal and behavioural characters combined with biogeographical patterns. Allied with Western Barred Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae) and Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes certhia) in one phylogenetic study on basis of anatomical characters.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet