Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Dendrocolaptinae Genus Xiphorhynchus Phylum Chordata Rank Species | Family Furnariidae Tribe Dendrocolaptini Scientific name Xiphorhynchus elegans Higher classification Xiphorhynchus Order Passerine | |
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Similar Xiphorhynchus, Bird, Ocellated woodcreeper, Striped woodcreeper, Chestnut‑rumped woodcreeper | ||
The elegant woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus elegans) is a species of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily (Dendrocolaptinae). It was formerly considered a subspecies of Spix's woodcreeper. It is found in the western and southern Amazon in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is tropical humid lowland forests. The subspecies X. e. juruanus is sometimes treated as a separate species, Juruá woodcreeper.
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