Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper (Deconychura typica) | Range and ID

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The piping long-tailed woodcreeper is a medium-sized member of its subfamily, with a slim body, long wings and tail, and a slim medium-length straight bill. It is 16 to 21 cm (6.3 to 8.3 in) long and weighs about 22 to 26 g (0.78 to 0.92 oz). Males are longer and heavier than females, and both length and weight vary among the subspecies. The species' plumage varies only slightly among the subspecies and males and females are alike. Adults are mostly olive-brown with a darker crown and nape that have fine buff streaks. Their lores and supercilium are whitish to rich buffy. Voice: The piping long-tailed woodcreeper's song is "a long and fast series of short piping notes that first speeds up, becomes louder and rises slightly in pitch, then slows again whilst also decreasing in amplitude and pitch." It has been put into words as "weet!-weet!-WEEEET!-WEEEET!-WEEEET!-weet-weet-weet...".

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When to see the Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper

Regular range

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

Costa Rica Panama Colombia Nicaragua Honduras

About the Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper

The piping long-tailed woodcreeper, also known as the little long-tailed woodcreeper, is a species of bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found from Costa Rica south to northern Colombia.

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Easily confused with

Mournful Long-tailed WoodcreeperDeconychura pallidaThe mournful long-tailed woodcreeper is a medium-sized member of its subfamily, with a slim body, long wings and tail, and a slim medium-length straight bill. Whistling Long-tailed WoodcreeperDeconychura longicaudaThe whistling long-tailed woodcreeper is a medium-sized member of its subfamily, with a slim body, long wings and tail, and a slim medium-length straight bill.

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