About the Scalloped Woodcreeper
The scalloped woodcreeper is a species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina. Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
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The scalloped woodcreeper is 17 to 20 cm (6.7 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 26 to 30 g (0.92 to 1.1 oz). It is a medium-sized woodcreeper with a longish somewhat decurved bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults' faces are creamy white with blackish mottling and have creamy white lores and supercilium. Their crown and nape are dusky to dull black with obvious rich buff spots that often continue as faint streaks onto the upper back. Their back and wing coverts are olive-brown to cinnamon-brown, and their rump and tail rufous-chestnut. Voice: The scalloped woodcreeper's song has not been put into words. Its call is "a somewhat slurred rattle, described as 'pit, eu-u-u', 'pee-u-u-u' or 'peekku' ".
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in May · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
White-striped WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes leucogasterThe white-striped woodcreeper is 21.5 to 23.5 cm (8.5 to 9.3 in) long and weighs 30 to 40 g (1.1 to 1.4 oz).
Scaled WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes squamatusThe scaled woodcreeper is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long and weighs about 27 g (0.95 oz).
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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