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==Identification== | ==Identification== |
Revision as of 18:25, 12 January 2009
- Xiphorhynchus guttatus
Inlcudes: Lafresnaye's Woodcreeper; Dusky-billed Woodcreeper
Identification
27-28 cm. Rufous upperparts, olive brown underparts, wings and tail, streaked buff head, neck, mantle and chest, long, slightly decurved, and hooked bill, dark grey upper mandible, pale greyish-horn lower.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Some authorities split the Lafresnaye's Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatoides and/or Dusky-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus eytoni from this species.
Habitat
Humid forest and woodland.
Behaviour
The diet includes ants, insects and spiders.
It builds a bark-lined nest in a tree hole or hollow stump; 2 white eggs are laid.
Vocalisation
Call: - a loud chev-re chev-re.
References
Wikipedia