Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper vs Curve-billed Reedhaunter

Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus pardalotus

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The chestnut-rumped woodcreeper is a medium-sized member of its genus, with a longish, slim, slightly decurved bill. The species is 20 to 23.5 cm (7.9 to 9.3 in) long; males weigh 32 to 49 g (1.1 to 1.7 oz) and females 27 to 46 g (0.95 to 1.6 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a face that is mostly thin deep buff and brown streaks, with a buff supercilium and eyering. Their crown and nape are blackish brown with deep buff spots on the crown, and the spots become streaks on the nape. Voice: The chestnut-rumped woodcreeper sings mostly at dawn and dusk. Its song has been put into words as "chip!, chip, chip, chi-i-i-i-i-i-i-ip" and "zut, zut, zut-zut-zut-t't't't't,e'e e". Its calls are an "unstructured series of chirps", such as "ik" and "chip".

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Curve-billed Reedhaunter

Limnornis curvirostris

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The curve-billed reedhaunter is 15 to 17 cm (5.9 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 27 to 30 g (0.95 to 1.1 oz). It is a small furnariid whose plumage closely resembles that of some Old World reed warblers of genus Acrocephalus. It has a long and quite decurved bill. The sexes' plumages are alike. Adults have a whitish supercilium, an ill-defined dark brown band behind the eye, lighter brown ear coverts with some thin whitish streaks, and a whitish malar area. Voice: The curve-billed reedhaunter's song is a "fast series of harsh notes that ascend and then descend in pitch, fading towards end". Its call is "a hollow 'took' ".

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Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper and Curve-billed Reedhaunter.