Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Sittasomus griseicapillus

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Furnariidae
Genus
Sittasomus
eBird Code
oliwoo1

Vocalizations

agujaceratops · CC0_1_0
Tomás Carranza Perales · CC_BY_4_0
Martin Vallejos · CC_BY_4_0
Blake Ross · CC_BY_4_0
Conrado Pável de Oliveira · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (15)

  • Sittasomus griseicapillus aequatorialis

    western Ecuador (western Esmeraldas) to far northwestern Peru (Tumbes)

  • Sittasomus griseicapillus amazonus

    tropical eastern Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Amazonian Brazil (eastward to Rio Negro and Rio Madeira, southward to northwestern Mato Grosso)

  • Sittasomus griseicapillus axillaris

    tropical southeastern Venezuela to the Guianas and far northern Brazil (south of the Amazon River from lower Rio Negro eastward to Amapá)

  • Sittasomus griseicapillus gracileus

    southeastern Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula) northern Belize, and adjacent northern Guatemala

  • Sittasomus griseicapillus griseicapillus

    western Brazil to Paraguay, northern Argentina, and southern Bolivia

  • Sittasomus griseicapillus griseus

    eastern Andes and coastal ranges of northern Venezuela; Tobago

  • Sittasomus griseicapillus jaliscensis

    Mexico (Nayarit and San Luis Potosí to Isthmus of Tehuantepec)

  • Sittasomus griseicapillus olivaceus

    coastal eastern Brazil (southeastern Bahia)

  • Sittasomus griseicapillus perijanus

    northeastern Colombia and far northwestern Venezuela (Sierra de Perijá)

  • Sittasomus griseicapillus reiseri

    northeastern Brazil (Maranhão and Piauí to northern Goiás and western Bahia)

  • Sittasomus griseicapillus sylviellus

    southeastern Brazil to northeastern Argentina, southeastern Paraguay, and northeastern Uruguay

  • Sittasomus griseicapillus sylvioides

    southern Mexico to northwestern Colombia

  • Sittasomus griseicapillus tachirensis

    northern Colombia and western Venezuela (southwestern Táchira)

  • Sittasomus griseicapillus transitivus

    southeastern Amazonian Brazil south of the Amazon River, eastward from at least Rio Tapajós (probably from Rio Madeira), to northeastern Mato Grosso

  • Sittasomus griseicapillus viridis

    Amazonian Bolivia (La Paz, Beni, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.