About the Elegant Woodcreeper
The elegant woodcreeper is a species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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The elegant woodcreeper is a medium-sized member of its genus, with a longish, slim, nearly straight bill. The species is 18 to 22.5 cm (7.1 to 8.9 in) long; males weigh 31 to 38 g (1.1 to 1.3 oz) and females 29 to 35 g (1.0 to 1.2 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies X. e. elegans have a blackish brown face with bold buff streaks, whitish lores, and a pale supercilium. Their crown and nape are dark olive-brown with small buff spots with blackish edges that are streakier on the nape. Voice: The elegant woodcreeper sings mostly at dawn and dusk. One song is "a descending series of c. 30 ringing whistles that begins softly and slows at end, 'whit, whit, wit, wit, wit...wit, wit, wee, wee, wee, wit, wit, wit, wit, wew'." Another is ""tchip-tchip-tchip-tchip-thcup-tchup, tucweu, tchweu.
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What the Elegant Woodcreeper sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in July · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Striped WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus obsoletusThe striped woodcreeper is medium-sized, with a slim, slightly decurved bill of moderate length.
Chestnut-rumped WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus pardalotusThe chestnut-rumped woodcreeper is a medium-sized member of its genus, with a longish, slim, slightly decurved bill.
Ocellated WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus ocellatusThe ocellated woodcreeper is 20 to 24.5 cm (7.9 to 9.6 in) long and weighs 24 to 42 g (0.85 to 1.5 oz).
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