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Point-tailed Palmcreeper

Berlepschia rikeri

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestSmall · 37 g
Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri), photo 1
Photo: Salomão Janderson Ferreira Bispo · CC BY 4.0
Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri), photo 2
Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0
Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri), photo 3
Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0
Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri), photo 4
Photo: scaup · CC BY 4.0
Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri), photo 5
Photo: David F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0
Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri), photo 6
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri), photo 7
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri), photo 8
Photo: Salomão Janderson Ferreira Bispo · CC BY 4.0
Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri), photo 9
Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0
Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri), photo 10
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

Ridway says of the point-tailed palmcreeper, "This handsome species, of very striking appearance, is entirely different in coloration from any Dendrocolaptine bird with which I am acquainted". The point-tailed palmcreeper is 18 to 22 cm (7.1 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 32 to 37 g (1.1 to 1.3 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults have a face with thin black and white streaks. Its crown and upper back are also streaked black and white; the streaks become "teardrops" on the back. Its lower back, rump, and uppertail coverts are bright chestnut. Voice: The point-tailed palmcreepers song is "a loud series of 20–30 staccato, strident notes, on same pitch or ascending slightly and then descending at end". It has been put into words as "ka-koo, didididididididididi", "dedede-kee!-kee!-kee!-kee!-kee!-kee!-kee!-kee!", and "weet-weet-witwitwit---".

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When to see the Point-tailed Palmcreeper

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

Where to see the Point-tailed Palmcreeper

Regular range

The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Peru Colombia Ecuador Suriname Guyana Bolivia Venezuela French Guiana

About the Point-tailed Palmcreeper

The point-tailed palmcreeper or simply palmcreeper is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

Buff-breasted Earthcreeper (Upucerthia validirostris) Buff-breasted EarthcreeperUpucerthia validirostrisThe buff-breasted earthcreeper is 17 to 21 cm (6.7 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 30 to 45 g (1.1 to 1.6 oz). Pacific Tuftedcheek (Pseudocolaptes johnsoni) Pacific TuftedcheekPseudocolaptes johnsoniThe Pacific tuftedcheek is 20 to 21 cm (7.9 to 8.3 in) long and weighs about 58 g (2.0 oz). Guianan Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes albolineatus) Guianan WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes albolineatusThe Guianan woodcreeper is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long; males weigh 19 to 24 g (0.67 to 0.85 oz) and females 18 to 20.5 g (0.63 to 0.72 oz).

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