Western Woodhaunter (Automolus virgatus) [XC278974]
by Francisco Sornoza from Braulio Carrillo NP, Quebrada Gonzalez HQ, Las Palmas trail, Heredia, Costa Rica (song)
Western Woodhaunter (Automolus virgatus) [XC113166]
by Niels Krabbe from Las Esquinas Rainforest Lodge, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call)
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Amazonian Woodhaunter (Automolus subulatus).
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
nicaraguae (Miller, W & Griscom, 1925) - Eastern Nicaragua.
virgatus (Lawrence, 1867) - Costa Rica and western Panama (east to Veraguas).
assimilis von Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884 - Eastern Panama (western from eastern Colon) and western Colombia south to western Ecuador (south to north-western Azuay and El Oro).
cordobae (Meyer de Schauensee, 1960) - North-western Colombia (Antioquia, southern Córdoba, and southern in Magdalena Valley to Boyacá).