- Deconychura stictolaema
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
A new genus has been proposed for this species, which would lead to the scientific name becoming Certhiasomus stictolaemus[2].
Habitat
Moist lowland forests.
Behaviour
Fourages low, often in mixed flocks
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Birdforum thread discussing the genus Certhiasomus
- 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
