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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
Bill relatively short, straight, slender, and dark, while the tail is relatively long and graduated. Mostly brown, with rufous tones on tail and rump, supercilium buffy and present but indistinct, underside olive-brown with white spots on throat and upper breast.  
 
Bill relatively short, straight, slender, and dark, while the tail is relatively long and graduated. Mostly brown, with rufous tones on tail and rump, supercilium buffy and present but indistinct, underside olive-brown with white spots on throat and upper breast.  
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A new genus has been proposed for this species, which would lead to the scientific name becoming ''[[:Category:Certhiasomus|Certhiasomus]] stictolaemus''<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
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Formerly placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Deconychura|Deconychura]]''.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Moist lowland forests.
 
Moist lowland forests.
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Fourages low, often in mixed flocks
 
Fourages low, often in mixed flocks
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1777972 Birdforum thread] discussing the genus ''Certhiasomus''
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1777972 Birdforum thread] discussing the genus ''Certhiasomus''
 
# Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156  
 
# Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156  
 
# Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8
 
# Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Deconychura+stictolaema}}
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{{GSearch|Certhiasomus+stictolaem}}
  
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Deconychura]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Certhiasomus]]

Latest revision as of 17:14, 2 September 2015

Certhiasomus stictolaemus

Identification

Bill relatively short, straight, slender, and dark, while the tail is relatively long and graduated. Mostly brown, with rufous tones on tail and rump, supercilium buffy and present but indistinct, underside olive-brown with white spots on throat and upper breast.

Similar species

Long-tailed Woodcreeper has an even longer tail, Wedge-billed Woodcreeper has a bill even shorter.

Distribution

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, French Guiana, and Brazil, in all cases east of the Andes.

Taxonomy

Three subspecies are recognized[1]:

  • secunda
  • clarior
  • stictolaema

Formerly placed in the genus Deconychura.

Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

Behaviour

Fourages low, often in mixed flocks

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Birdforum thread discussing the genus Certhiasomus
  3. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
  4. Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8

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