Pacific Tuftedcheek (Pseudocolaptes johnsoni) [XC168229]
by Charlie Vogt from Reserva Las Tangaras, Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador (call)
Pacific Tuftedcheek (Pseudocolaptes johnsoni) [XC55389]
by Andrew Spencer from Mashpi Road, Ecuador (call, song, call - song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Pseudocolaptes lawrencii (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was previously split into Buffy Tuftedcheek (Pseudocolaptes lawrencii) and Pacific Tuftedcheek (Pseudocolaptes johnsoni) following Stotz et al. (1996), but this treatment is no longer adopted, following SACC (2005).
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Buffy Tuftedcheek (Pseudocolaptes lawrencii).