About the Plain-brown Woodcreeper
The plain-brown woodcreeper, is a sub-oscine passerine bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in the tropical New World from Honduras through South America to central Brazil and in Trinidad and Tobago.
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The plain-brown woodcreeper is 19 to 22.5 cm (7.5 to 8.9 in) long. Males weigh 30 to 50 g (1.1 to 1.8 oz) and females 25 to 46 g (0.88 to 1.6 oz). The species is a medium-sized member of its genus, with a straight medium-length bill and a slight crest. The sexes have the same plumage but females are smaller than males. The nominate subspecies D. f. fuliginosa has a narrow buff supercilium and a faint buff stripe under an otherwise grayish face. Its crown, nape, back, and wing coverts are dull olive-brown; its uppertail coverts and tail are rufous-chestnut. Voice: The plain-brown woodcreeper's song is variously described as a long whinny, rattle, or sputter. It has been put into words as "Whee-hee-he-hah-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-hu-hu-hu-hu-hu-hu-hoo-hoo-hooh, wee-i-woo!", "keé-keé-keé-kee-kee-kee-kew-kew-kew", and a "long series of sweeping 'weekweekweek---' notes". It makes a wide variety of calls; the most frequent are "peeyk" (or "PWEEK!
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What the Plain-brown Woodcreeper sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Tawny-winged WoodcreeperDendrocincla anabatinaThe tawny-winged woodcreeper is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long.
Ruddy WoodcreeperDendrocincla homochroaThe ruddy woodcreeper is 17.5 to 20.5 cm (6.9 to 8.1 in) long.
Tyrannine WoodcreeperDendrocincla tyranninaThe tyrannine woodcreeper is rather larger and heavier than most others of its genus.
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