Xiphocolaptes orenocensis Berlepsch and Hartert

LECROY, MARY & SLOSS, RICHARD, 2000, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 3. Passeriformes: Eurylaimidae, Dendrocolaptidae, Furnariidae, Formicariidae, Conopophagidae, And Rhinocryptidae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2000 (257), pp. 1-88 : 9-11

Xiphocolaptes orenocensis Berlepsch and Hartert

Now Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus orenocensis Berlepsch and Hartert, 1902 . See Sibley and Monroe, 1990:

412.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 524671 , male, collected at Nericagua (= Caño Usate), 04°25′N, 67°48′W, Río Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela, 12 April 1899, by George K. and Stella M. Cherrie (no. 12484). From the Rothschild Collection.

Xiphocolaptes major castaneus Ridgway Xiphocolaptes major castaneus Ridgway, 1890a: 17

(Piedra Blanca, Bolivia).

Now Xiphocolaptes major castaneus Ridgway, 1890 . See

Silva and Oren, 1991: 147.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 33648 , female, collected at Piedra Blanca, Bolivia, 20 April 1886, by Herbert H. Smith. Paynter (1992: 104) was unable to find this locality. The library of the Department of Ornithology has bound copies of Allen’s ornithological papers, some of them annotated in Allen’s hand. In his paper on Herbert Smith’s collection (Allen, 1891), Allen noted that Piedra Blanca, Bolivia, is near Corumbá. Paynter and Traylor (1991: 165) placed Corumbá at 19°01′S, 57°39′W, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Xiphocolaptes major saturatus Cherrie

Xiphocolaptes major saturatus Cherrie, 1916a: 187 (Urucum, near Corumba, Matto Grosso).

Now Xiphocolaptes major castaneus Ridgway, 1890 . See Naumburg, 1930: 252, and Silva and Oren, 1991: 148. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 127785, male, collected at

Urucum, 19°09′S, 57°38′W, 18 km SSE of Corumbá (Naumburg, 1930: 39, places Urucum north of

Corumbá), Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, 4 December

1913, by George K. Cherrie on the Roosevelt–

Rondon South American Expedition, 1913–1914.

Xiphocolaptes major estebani Silva and Oren Xiphocolaptes major estebani Silva and Oren, 1991: 147

(Tapia, 26°36′S, 65°18′W, Tucumán, Argentina). Now Xiphocolaptes major estebani Silva and Oren, 1991 .

See Ridgely and Tudor, 1994: 196.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 524675 , male, collected at Tapia , 26°36′S, 65°18′W, 689 m, in a valley of the Río Salí , 29 km NNW of San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina, on 14 September 1902, by Luis Dinelli (no. 1847). From the Rothschild Collection.

Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi Hellmayr

Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi Hellmayr, 1909a: 66 (Calama, Rio Madeira).

Now Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi Hellmayr, 1909 . See Ma-

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 524562 , male, collected at Calama , 08°03′S, 62°53′W, ca. 50 m, right bank of the upper Rio Madeira at the mouth of the Rio Jiparaná , Rondônia, Brazil, on 29 June 1907, by Wilhelm Hoffmanns (no. 128). From the Rothschild Collection.

Dendrocolaptes picumnus veraguensis Griscom

Dendrocolaptes picumnus veraguensis Griscom, 1927: 9 (Chitra, 4000 ft., Veraguas, west Panama).

Now Dendrocolaptes picumnus veraguensis Griscom, 1927 . See Wetmore, 1972: 31, and Marantz, 1997: 427. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 257130 , male, collected at Chitra , 08°32′N, 80°38′W, 4000 ft, Veraguas, on the Pacific slope close to the border of the province of Coclé (Selander and Vaurie, 1962: 26), Panama, on 12 March 1926, by Rex R. Benson (no. 2428).

COMMENTS: Selander and Vaurie (1962: 26) placed Chitra on the Atlantic slope, but corrected this to the Pacific slope in the undated and unpublished “A few corrections or additions to Gazetteer of Selander and Vaurie, 1962.”

Dendrocolaptes validus seilerni

Hartert and Goodson Dendrocolaptes validus seilerni Hartert and Goodson, 1917a: 416 (Cumbre Chiquito near San Esteban).

Now Dendrocolaptes picumnus seilerni Hartert and Goodson, 1917 . See Fjeldså and Krabbe, 1990: 321, and Marantz, 1997: 427.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 524595 , male, collected at Cumbre de Chiquita , ca. 10°24′S, 68°00′W, near San Esteban, Carabobo, Venezuela, on 19 November 1909, by Samuel M. Klages (no. 2803). From the Rothschild Collection.

Dendrocolaptes picumnus olivaceus Zimmer Dendrocolaptes picumnus olivaceus Zimmer, 1934c: 5

(Incachaca, 7700 ft., Cochabamba, Bolivia). Now Dendrocolaptes picumnus olivaceus Zimmer, 1934 .

See Fjeldså and Krabbe, 1990: 321, and Marantz, 1997:

427.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 137413 , male, collected at Incachaca , 17°14′S, 65°49′W, 7700 ft, Cochabamba, Bolivia, on 18 May 1915, by Leo E. Miller (no. 11865) and Howarth Boyle.

Dendroplex picirostris extimus Griscom

Dendroplex picirostris extimus Griscom, 1927: 6 (Agua Dulce, Prov. Coclé, western Panamá).

Now Xiphorhynchus picus extimus (Griscom, 1927) . See Wetmore, 1972: 32, and Ridgely and Tudor, 1994: 197.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 257131 , adult male, collected

Handley, 1966: 16), 50 ft, Coclé, western Panamá, on 12 (not 2) September 1925, by Rex R. Benson (no. 1813).

Dendroplex picus duidae Zimmer Dendroplex picus duidae Zimmer, 1934c: 15 (Caño León, Mt. Duida, Venezuela). Now Xiphorhynchus picus duidae (Zimmer, 1934) . See Phelps and Phelps , 1963: 34, and Pinto , 1978: 294. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 274313 , male, collected at Caño León , 325 ft, upper Río Orinoco , Cerro Duida , 03°25′N, 65°40′W, Amazonas, Venezuela, on 20 October 1928, by the Olalla brothers.

Dendroplex picus peruvianus Zimmer Dendroplex picus peruvianus Zimmer, 1934c: 14 (Santa

Rosa, upper Río Ucayali, Perú).

Now Xiphorhynchus picus peruvianus (Zimmer, 1934) .

See Pinto, 1978: 294.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 240421 , male, collected at Santa Rosa , 10°42′S, 73°50′W (Vaurie, 1972: 30), on the upper Río Ucayali, Ucayali / Junín border, Peru, on 17 November 1927, by Olalla and sons.

COMMENTS: Stephens and Traylor (1983: 201) listed Vaurie’s Olalla locality in Junín but gave the coordinates as 10°43′S, 73°51′W, and described it as “ca. 300 m, town on Río Ucayali, ca. 5 km below confluence of Río Urubamba and Río Tambo.” Two entries below, they listed another Santa Rosa in Loreto, now Ucayali, in which the Olallas collected in November and December of 1927 (including the date on this type) and which they were not able to locate exactly. It appears that these two Santa Rosas refer to the same Olalla locality and that it is on the border between Junín and Ucayali —the border follows the Río Ucayali. We believe that Vaurie’s coordinates are closer to the correct ones.

In the unpublished translation and abstract of the report by the Olallas on their trip to Santa Rosa, Río Alto Ucayali, 12 November 1927 – 6 January 1928, they gave the following description of Santa Rosa: “These rivers [the Tambo and Urubamba] in their confluence were rising from September to November. At an hour of downward navigation these same rivers with the name of Rio Alto Ucayali make two channels forming the island of San Pablo. Santa Rosa is situated almost at the end of this island, that is, in front on the left bank of the Ucayali. We only explored the left bank and downwards” (Archives, Department of Ornithology, AMNH).

Dendroplex necopinus Zimmer

Dendroplex necopinus Zimmer, 1934c: 17 (Muirapinima, Rio Negro, right bank, Brazil).

Now Xiphorhynchus necopinus (Zimmer, 1934) . See Sib-

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 312106 , male, collected at Mirapinima , 02°11′S, 61°08′W, ca. 25 m, on right bank of Rio Negro , 165 km above Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, on 19 October 1929, by the Olalla brothers.

Xiphorhynchus obsoletus caicarae Zimmer and Phelps

Xiphorhynchus obsoletus caicarae Zimmer and Phelps, 1955: 1 (Caicara, 100 m, lower Orinoco River, Bolívar, Venezuela).

Now Xiphorhynchus obsoletus caicarae Zimmer and Phelps, 1955 . See Meyer de Schauensee and Phelps, 1978: 185.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 438232 , male, collected at

Caicara, 07°37′S, 66°10′W, right bank of Río

Orinoco, Bolívar, Venezuela, on 6 June 1907 (not

1897, per Zimmer and Phelps, 1955: 1), by George

K. Cherrie (no. 14894). From the Brooklyn Institute

Museum (no. 5073).

Dendroplex similis Pelzeln

Dendroplex similis Pelzeln, 1868: 46 (type locality restricted to Borba, Río Madeira, by Cory and Hellmayr, 1925: 317).

Now Xiphorhynchus obsoletus obsoletus (Lichtenstein, 1820) . See Cory and Hellmayr, 1925: 317, and Peters, 1951: 39.

SYNTYPE: AMNH 78277, female, collected at Borba, 04°24′S, 59°35′W, on right bank of the lower Rio Madeira, Amazonas, Brazil, in 1829, by Johann Natterer (no. 831f). Received on exchange from the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NMW 16.155), Vienna, Austria, in 1903.

COMMENTS: This taxon was originally described based on 24 examples from several localities. Cory and Hellmayr (1925: 317) restricted the type locality to Borba. This is the only Natterer specimen of this taxon in AMNH. Dr. Ernst Bauernfeind (in litt.) informed us that 10 syntypes from Borba are still in the Vienna collection.

Xiphorhynchus chunchotambo napensis

Chapman Xiphorhynchus chunchotambo napensis Chapman, 1924: 8 (upper Río Suno, eastern Ecuador). Now Xiphorhynchus ocellatus napensis Chapman, 1924 . See Ridgely and Tudor , 1994: 199. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 178386 , male adult, collected on the upper Río Suno , Napo, Ecuador, 14 February 1923, by Carlos Olalla and sons.