Elegant woodcreeper
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Genus: | Xiphorhynchus |
| Species: | X. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Xiphorhynchus elegans (Pelzeln, 1868)
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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.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Xiphorhynchus elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22703121A130284868. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22703121A130284868.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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