Birds of India - The New Synopsis

A complete checklist of bird species and subspecies found in India

Passeriformes (Perching Birds)

Salpornithidae (Spotted Creepers)

• Salpornis Gray, 1847 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 15, Meeting of February 23, 1847 p. 7 Certhia spilonota Franklin, 1831; Type by original designation
  • 1056. Indian Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonota (Franklin, 1831)
    Alternative Names: Spotted Treecreeper/Spotted Grey Creeper (with S. salvadori EL)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Endemic: Endemic to India.
    • 1056a. Salpornis spilonota rajputanae Meinertzhagen & Meinertzhagen, 1926 [HB#1840]
      Original Description: Salpornis spilonotus rajputanae Meinertzhagen & Meinertzhagen, 1926 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 46 p.83 (Sambhar, Rajasthan)
      Distribution: Rajasthan.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1886.11.1.1742 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK
    • 1056b. Salpornis spilonota spilonota (Franklin, 1831) [HB#1841]
      Original Description: Certhia spilonota Franklin, 1831 Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 no.10 p.121 (Between Kolkata and Varanasi)
      Distribution: SW Haryana, Delhi region (historical), Bharatpur (historical), Madhya Pradesh, N Gujarat, immediate adjacent parts of Rajasthan, N and E Maharashtra, N Telangana, NE Andhra, Chhattisgarh (historical), and Bihar/Jharkhand (historical) – local everywhere.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1855.12.19.132 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, AMNH, FMNH
      Notes: Declining taxon with range contraction.