Duida Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes duidae

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestSmall · 20 g

What the Duida Woodcreeper sounds like

Sonogram of the Duida Woodcreeper: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Duida Woodcreeper: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 76, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Duida Woodcreeper: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 40 (30 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The Duida woodcreeper is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long; males weigh 24 to 25 g (0.85 to 0.88 oz). It is a smallish, slim, woodcreeper with a slim decurved bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults' face, crown, and nape are dusky brown with few or no spots on the crown. Their back and wing coverts are dark russet-brown, and their rump, wings, and tail rufous-chestnut with blackish brown tips on the primaries. Their throat is plain buffy. Their breast and belly are grayish brown to olive-brown with bold, blackish-edged, pale buff to creamy white streaks. Voice: The Duida woodcreeper's song differs from those of its former conspecifics; their songs were among the strongest evidence for their separation. The Duida woodcreeper sings "8–12 notes in 2·5 seconds with a somewhat bouncing, thin and high-pitched quality, described as 'peer, peer, peer, pi, pi, pi, pi, pi, pi, pu, pu, peu' or 'pe-pee-pee-pee-peer-peer-peer-pear' ".

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When to see the Duida Woodcreeper

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

Where to see the Duida Woodcreeper

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Duida Woodcreeper

The Duida woodcreeper is a species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and possibly Colombia.

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