About the Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper
The Amazonian barred woodcreeper is a sub-oscine passerine bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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The Amazonian barred woodcreeper is one of the larger members of its subfamily. It is slim, with a long tail, a medium-length straight bill with a slightly hooked tip, and (in the male) a shaggy crest. It is 26 to 28.5 cm (10 to 11 in) long. Males weigh 50 to 73.5 g (1.8 to 2.6 oz) and females 52 to 79 g (1.8 to 2.8 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies D. c. certhia have a mostly brownish face with fine barring, a weak supercilium, and pale lores and auriculars. Their forehead to crown are darkish olive-brown with golden-buff streaks on the crown. Voice: The Amazonian barred woodcreeper mostly sings at dawn, sometimes at dusk, and rarely during the day. Its song is "a rapidly delivered series...of roughly 8–15 simple notes, ascends slightly at first and then descends and slows", also described as "rapid, whinnying, run-together series of up to 12 notes, 1st rising then fading and falling off.
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What the Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper sounds like
Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Mexico.
When to see it
Peak activity in July · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Black-banded WoodcreeperDendrocolaptes picumnusThe black-banded woodcreeper is one of the larger members of its subfamily.
Planalto WoodcreeperDendrocolaptes platyrostrisThe planalto woodcreeper is one of the larger members of its subfamily.
Hoffmanns's WoodcreeperDendrocolaptes hoffmannsiHoffmanns's woodcreeper is one of the larger members of its subfamily.
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