Canebrake Groundcreeper

Clibanornis dendrocolaptoides

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestSmall · 48 g

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The canebrake groundcreeper is 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 52 to 54 g (1.8 to 1.9 oz). It is a largish furnariid with an almost straight bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a narrow grayish or buff-gray supercilium that widens to the rear and dark brown lores on an otherwise dull reddish brown face. Their crown is dark chestnut-brown, their back and rump rufescent brown, and their uppertail coverts rufous-brown. Their wing coverts and flight feathers are also rufous-brown. Their tail's central pair of feathers are dull rufous-brown and the rest rufous-chestnut. Voice: The canebrake groundcreeper's song is a "hort to long series of loud staccato 'chet' notes, often interspersed with harsh chatters".

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When to see the Canebrake Groundcreeper

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Canebrake Groundcreeper

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Canebrake Groundcreeper

The canebrake groundcreeper is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

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