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Plain-brown Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla fuliginosa

Not Evaluated · IUCN Red List

NENot EvaluatedInvertebratesForestCavity nestSmall · 39 g
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa), photo 1
Photo: Kai Squires · CC BY 4.0
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa), photo 2
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa), photo 3
Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa), photo 4
Photo: yongestation · CC BY 4.0
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa), photo 5
Photo: Rosario Douglas · CC BY 4.0
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa), photo 6
Photo: filipeprates · CC BY 4.0
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa), photo 7
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa), photo 8
Photo: Kai Squires · CC BY 4.0
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa), photo 9
Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa), photo 10
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0

What the Plain-brown Woodcreeper sounds like

Sonogram of the Plain-brown Woodcreeper: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Rattle · Pichincha: Río Guaycuyacu, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Plain-brown Woodcreeper: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Manabí: Río Ayampe, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Plain-brown Woodcreeper: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Pastaza: Churunalpi, 5 km N Canelos, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

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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When to see the Plain-brown Woodcreeper

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

Where to see the Plain-brown Woodcreeper

Regular range

The map shades 16 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Colombia Ecuador Panama Costa Rica Venezuela Peru Trinidad & Tobago Argentina Guyana Paraguay Bolivia French Guiana Suriname Nicaragua Honduras

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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Easily confused with

Tawny-winged Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla anabatina) Tawny-winged WoodcreeperDendrocincla anabatinaThe tawny-winged woodcreeper is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long. Ruddy Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla homochroa) Ruddy WoodcreeperDendrocincla homochroaThe ruddy woodcreeper is 17.5 to 20.5 cm (6.9 to 8.1 in) long. Tyrannine Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla tyrannina) Tyrannine WoodcreeperDendrocincla tyranninaThe tyrannine woodcreeper is rather larger and heavier than most others of its genus.

Side by side: Plain-brown Woodcreeper vs Tawny-winged Woodcreeper · Plain-brown Woodcreeper vs Ruddy Woodcreeper · Plain-brown Woodcreeper vs Tyrannine Woodcreeper

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