Planalto Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes platyrostris) [XC270078]
by Jerome Fischer from Itatiaia National Park. Agulhas Negras road, Brazil (song)
Planalto Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes platyrostris) [XC531905]
by Ciro Albano from Capim-azul- S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos-S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
Apparently forms a superspecies with Hoffmanns's Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi) and Black-banded Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes picumnus), and sometimes considered conspecific with Black-banded Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes picumnus) on grounds of morphological similarity. Subspecies intermedius exhibits some vocal differences from nominate, but plumage characters of the two intergrade where they come into contact in south-eastern Brazil (eastern Sío Paulo, southern Goias, Minas Gerais) and southern Paraguay.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
intermedius von Berlepsch, 1883 - North-eastern, central and south-central Brazil, from south-eastern Pará (Marabá), Maranhío, Ceará and western Pernambuco south to southern Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais and Bahia. Also adjacent eastern Paraguay (rarely farther west).
platyrostris Spix, 1824 - Eastern and south-eastern Brazil (southern Bahia and eastern Minas Gerais south to Rio Grande do Sul), also adjacent south-eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones, northern and eastern Corrientes, eastern Formosa, eastern Chaco).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet