- 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
- 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/
- 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
