Black-striped Woodcreeper - BirdForum Opus

Photo of male by Stanley Jones
Cocle Province, Panama, February, 2011

Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus

Identification

21·5–25 cm (8½-10 in)

• Black head throat and mantle with much buff streaking
• Rest of body chestnut-brown
• Longish de-curved bill
• Long broad tail

Sexes similar.

Distribution

Photo by rb_stern
Pipeline Rd, Panama in March 2005

Central and South America:
Central America: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia, Ecuador

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• X. l. lachrymosus:

• Eastern Nicaragua to Pacific coast of Colombia and north-western Ecuador

• X. l. eximius:

• Pacific slope of south-western Costa Rica and adjacent western Panama

• X. l. alarum:

• Tropical northern Colombia (Sinú, Cauca and Magdalena valleys)

Habitat

Lowland, mangrove and secondary humid forests observed at heights around 823 m (2,700 ft) elevation.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of arthropods, with the addition of vertebrates. They accompany army ant swarms.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2017)
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-striped Woodcreeper. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-striped_Woodcreeper

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