Hylexetastes brigidai

The Brigida's Woodcreeper , also known as the Mato Grosso Woodcreeper, is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. It is often considered a subspecies of the Red-billed Woodcreeper. It is endemic to humid forests in the eastern Amazon in Brazil.

The Hylexetastes brigidai is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Hylexetastes brigidai was described by Silva et al. (1995); SACC needs proposal 35. Named after W. Hoffmanns, a German collector in Peru and Brazil, not Carl Hoffmann, a German explorer and naturalist in Costa Rica.. 36. Move Straight-billed Woodcreeper and Zimmer's Woodcreeper from Xiphorhynchus to Dendroplex (Aleixo 2002, Aleixo et al 2007, SACC) 37. More

ADD: Hylexetastes brigidai was described by Silva et al. (1995); BLI recognizes, SACC needs proposal AS ADD: Dendrocincla turdina is split from D. fuliginosa (Ridgely & Tudor 1994; Marantz et al. 2003); SACC needs proposal AS ADD: Xiphorhynchus chunchotambo is split from X. ocellatus (Aleixo 2002, Marantz et al. 2003); SACC needs proposal (badly) AS ADD: Meliphaga cinereifrons is split from M.gracilis (Norman et al. More

Taxonomic note Hylexetastes brigidai, described as new to science by da Silva et al. (1995), is recognised as a species contra SACC (2006), pending the outcome of investigation into the taxonomy of this taxon by SACC. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Dendrocolaptidae
Genus : Hylexetastes
Species : brigidai
Authority : da Silva, Novaes & Oren, 1995