Woodcreeper East Brazil (1 Viewer)

[Alex S.]

Hi,
This picture was taken near Santa Teresa, about 50 km NW of Vitoria (Espirito Santo, Brazil) at an altitude of 750 to 850 meter. Merlins first guess is a Straight-billed Woodcreeper. According to Ebird and the birdbook the Straight-billed-Woodcreeper is a lowland bird (below 300 meter). The second and third suggestions of Merlin are (Southern) lesser Woodcreeper and Scaled Woodcreeper. Both species don't have an eyebrow like the bird on the picture..... Anyone a suggestion?
Thanks, Alex

 

[THE_FERN]

Hi,
This picture was taken near Santa Teresa, about 50 km NW of Vitoria (Espirito Santo, Brazil) at an altitude of 750 to 850 meter. Merlins first guess is a Straight-billed Woodcreeper. According to Ebird and the birdbook the Straight-billed-Woodcreeper is a lowland bird (below 300 meter). The second and third suggestions of Merlin are (Southern) lesser Woodcreeper and Scaled Woodcreeper. Both species don't have an eyebrow like the bird on the picture..... Anyone a suggestion?
Thanks, Alex

With caveat that I don't know these species...

Bill of straight-billed is completely wrong for the gracile, slightly curved bill in your pic. Suggest not that
None of the headline ebird pics for Scaled have spots on the back. Some of the pics for Lesser do, so I'd go with that.
not clear to me that there are many other options in the area

I wouldn't worry too much about strength of eyebrow, throat patch. This is either (delete as appropriate) a) individual variation or b) a cryptic unrecognised form (of which there are many in woodcreepers). Probably the former, suggest.