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WoodlandMedium · 110 g
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The moustached woodcreeper is one of the largest members of its subfamily. It is heavy-bodied, with a shortish tail and a long thin bill. It is 28 to 32 cm (11 to 13 in) long and weighs about 110 g (3.9 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a brown face with a buffy supercilium, lores, and moustachial stripe. Their crown is cinnamon-brown to dark olive-brown with thin buff streaks. Their back is rufous-brown and their rump, wings, and tail are cinnamon-rufous. Their throat is pale buffy to whitish and their underparts light brown to cinnamon-buff. Voice: The moustached woodcreeper's song is a "series of 4-7 double-notes, like 'wèèè-TJUH wèèè-TJUH - -'." The notes often gradually change to "Tu-Tjuh". Its call is a "whining, drawn-out 'wèèè-tuh' " with the "tuh" being "high and dry".
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When to see the Moustached Woodcreeper
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Moustached Woodcreeper
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Moustached Woodcreeper
The moustached woodcreeper is a Vulnerable species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Brazil.
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Easily confused with
Great Rufous WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes majorThe great rufous woodcreeper is the largest, though not the heaviest, member of its subfamily.
White-throated WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes albicollisThe white-throated woodcreeper is one of the largest members of its subfamily.
Strong-billed WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes promeropirhynchusThe strong-billed woodcreeper one of the largest members of the ovenbird family and is the heaviest woodcreeper, though the slender long-billed woodcreeper (Nasica longirostris) is longer and the great rufous woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes major) is larger overall.
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