Abundance: 0.16 to 12.99% (median 0.95%)

Latitudinal range: -23.7° to 18.5°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (6), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (12), tropical/subtropical savanna (3)

Found in 21 samples

Belize: Hill Bank

Bolivia: Noel Kempff Mercado National Park

Brazil: Tapajós National Forest (gap), Tapajós National Forest (forest), Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Site KM41, Fazenda Brejão, Reserva Florestal do Morro Grande, Palmas, Uberabinha River, Pontal do Paranapanema, Jutaituba, AC1, Vermelho River (interior)

Costa Rica: La Selva Biological Station (gap), La Selva Biological Station (intact forest), University of Georgia San Luis Research Station

Mexico: Palenque National Park (connected sites)

Nicaragua: Siuna (birds, primary forest), Siuna (birds, allspice)

Venezuela: Paso de Portachuelo, Imataca Forest Reserve Unit 5

See also Dendrocolaptes certhia, Dendrocolaptes concolor, Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi, Dendrocolaptes picumnus, Dendrocolaptes platyrostris, Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae