Buff-throated Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus guttatus) | Details

Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Xiphorhynchus guttatus and X. guttatoides (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as X. guttatus following SACC (2005 & updates).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	60 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	5,980,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.5 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'fairly common' (Stotz et al. 1996).

Trend justification: This population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat loss and degradation.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Breeding visitor
Brazil	extant	native	yes
Colombia	extant	native	yes
French Guiana	extant	native	yes
Guyana	extant	native	yes
Suriname	extant	native	yes
Venezuela	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Swamp	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 800 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 1250 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/buff-throated-woodcreeper-xiphorhynchus-guttatus on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.