Avibase: Hylexetastes [uniformis or brigidai] (Uniform or Brigida's Woodcreeper)

Uniform or Brigida's Woodcreeper

Hylexetastes [uniformis or brigidai] (= Hylexetastes uniformis) Hellmayr, CE 1909

The uniform woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the red-billed woodcreeper. It is found in humid forest in the south-central Amazon of Bolivia and Brazil. Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Dendrocolaptidae
Genus:
   Hylexetastes
Scientific:
  Hylexetastes uniformis

Original description

Citation:
Hellmayr, CE 1909

Reference:
Rev. Franç. Orn. 1 p.100

Protonym:
Hylexetastes uniformis

Type locality:
Calama, Rio Madeira, at mouth of Rio Jiparaná (or Machados), 08°03'S, 62°53'W, Rondônia, Brazil

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103429#page/134/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
9246C11A6A38A24E

Avibase ID:
avibase-9246C11A

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9246C11A

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 713384

VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

Hylexetastes uniformis: tropical rain forest, also gallery and semi-deciduous forest locally, in the Amazon River basin, south of the Amazon River, from northeastern Pará, Brazil, southwestward to western Mato Grosso, Rondônia and adjacent northeastern Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
Hylexetastes uniformis brigidai: southeastern Amazonian Brazil (between the Rio Xingu and the Rio Tocantins-Araguaia)
Hylexetastes uniformis uniformis: south-central Amazonia (Brazil south of the Amazon River between the Rio Madeira and the Rio Xingu, and northeastern Bolivia)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Uniform or Brigida's Woodcreeper
French:
Grimpar uni ou G. de Brigida

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Uniform or Brigida's Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes [uniformis or brigidai])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Uniform or Brigida's Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes [uniformis or brigidai])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Uniform or Brigida's Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes [uniformis or brigidai])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Uniform or Brigida's Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes [uniformis or brigidai])
Avilist 2025: Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
Clements, version 2021: Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
Clements, version 2022: Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
Clements, version 2023: Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
Clements, version 2024: Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
Clements, version 2025: Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
eBird version 2021: Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
eBird version 2022: Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
eBird version 2023: Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
eBird version 2024: Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
eBird version 2025: Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Uniform Woodcreeper ( Hylexetastes uniformis) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Hylexetastes [perrotii, brigidai or uniformis]

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Other synonyms

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Bulgarian: Едноцветна тръноопашата дърволазка
Catalan: grimpa-soques unicolor
Czech: klouzálek jednobarvý
Danish: Ensfarvet Trækryber
German: Braunkehl-Baumsteiger
English: Uniform or Brigida's Woodcreeper, Uniform Woodcreeper
English (Avilist): Uniform Woodcreeper
English, HBW: Uniform Woodcreeper (Uniform/Bridida's)
English (IOC): Uniform/Brigida's Woodcreeper
English (United States): Uniform Woodcreeper
Esperanto: unukolora trunkogrimpulo
Spanish: Trepatroncos Uniforme
Spanish (Spain): Trepatroncos uniforme
Spanish (Mexico): Trepatroncos Uniforme
French: Grimpar uni, Grimpar uni ou G. de Brigida
French (Guyane): Grimpar uni
Italian: Rampicatore uniforme
Japanese: ムジオニキバシリ
Scientific: Hylexetastes [uniformis or brigidai], Hylexetastes uniformis
Dutch: Egale Muisspecht
Norwegian: bruntreløper
Polish: drwal jednobarwny
Portuguese: arapaçu-uniforme
Portuguese (Brazil): arapaçu-uniforme/de-loro-cinza
Portuguese (Portugal): trepa-troncos-uniforme
Russian: Одноцветный древолаз
Slovak: klzáčik jednofarebný
Serbian: Jednobojna puzavica
Swedish: enfärgad trädklättrare/paráträdklättrare
Turkish: Kızılca Kırmızı Gagalı Tırmaşık
Ukrainian: дереволаз-червонодзьоб бразильський
Chinese: 纯色䴕雀
Chinese (Traditional): 純色爬木雀