Kingdom Animalia Order Passeriformes Subfamily Dendrocolaptinae Scientific name Xiphorhynchus spixii Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Family Furnariidae Tribe Dendrocolaptini Higher classification Xiphorhynchus | |
Similar Xiphorhynchus, Elegant woodcreeper, Bird, Chestnut‑rumped woodcreeper, Ocellated woodcreeper | ||
The Spix's woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus spixii) is a species of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily (Dendrocolaptinae). The elegant woodcreeper was previously considered a subspecies of the Spix's woodcreeper. It is endemic to humid lowland forest in the eastern Amazon of Brazil.
The common name commemorates the German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix (1782-1826).
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