Other Scientific Names
Deconychura stictolaema [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Deconychura stictolaema [Stotz et al. (1996)], Deconychura stictolaema [BirdLife International (2004, 2008)]
Other Names (World)
Spot-throated Woodcreeper, Ecuadorian Woodcreeper (secunda)
Spot-throated Woodcreeper (Certhiasomus stictolaemus) [XC39124]
by Andrew Spencer from Cristalino Jungle Lodge, MT, Brazil (song)
Spot-throated Woodcreeper (Certhiasomus) [XC287352]
by GABRIEL LEITE from PN Jau 2, State of Amazonas, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
Possibly closest to "typica group" of Long-tailed Woodcreeper (Deconychura longicauda), size and vocalizations of which more similar to present species than to Amazonian Long-tailed Woodcreeper (Deconychura longicauda). Subspecies secunda has been considered a separate species by some authors. Racial identity of birds from extreme east of range in Brazil (east of R Tocantins, to Maranhío) not known and tentatively included within nominate.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
secundus Hellmayr, 1904 - Western Amazonia from southern Colombia and southern Venezuela (southern Amazonas) south to eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru and north-western Brazil (east to R Negro and R Madeira).
clarior (Zimmer, JT, 1929) - North-eastern Amazonia, north of Amazon, in Brazil from R Negro east to Amapá, and French Guiana; populations in Guyana presumably this subspecies.
stictolaemus (Pelzeln, 1868) - Southern Amazonian Brazil, south of Amazon, from R Madeira east to lower R Tocantins and Maranhío, and south to northern Mato Grosso.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet