Order: Passeriformes | Family: Furnariidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Alpahuayo-Mishana, Loreto
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manaus, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Madre de Dios, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Brazil | Colombia
Status: The Wedge-billed Woodcreeper is uncommon and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1400 m along the east slope of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Trepador Pico de Cuña.
Sub-species: Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus castelnaudii), Des Murs, 1856. W Amazonia, S of Amazon & R Napo, in E & NE Peru (S to Junín) and W Brazil (E to R Madeira).
(Glyphorynchus spirurus albigularis), Chapman, 1923. SW Amazonia in SE Peru (Puno) and N Bolivia (S to La Paz, Cochabamba).
Meaning of Name: Glyphorynchus: Gr. gluphis, gluphidos= chisel and rhunkhos= bill. spirurus: Gr. Speira= coil and ouros, oura= tailed, tail.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.