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Ruddy Woodcreeper - BirdForum Opus

Revision as of 18:57, 22 September 2008 by Wintibird (talk | contribs) (genus tags added)
Dendrocincla homochroa
Photo by Andrew S

Identification

20 cm. It is almost entirely rufous, with a paler throat and grey line from the bill to the eye. The bill is longish and straight.


Distribution

Mexico to northern Colombia and extreme northern Venezuela.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Humid forest, semi-open woodland and clearings.

Behaviour

Its diet includes spiders and insects. It will follow columns of army ants.

It builds a leaf-lined nest in a hollow palm tree stump, and lays 2-3 white eggs. Adult birds also sleep alone in tree crevices.


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