Strong-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus) | Photos, Calls and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

ForestCavity nestMedium · 93 g

Strong-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus), photo 1 — Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

Strong-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus), photo 2 — Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

Strong-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus), photo 3 — Photo: Rafaella Cevallos Larrea · CC BY 4.0

Strong-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus), photo 4 — Photo: Rafaella Cevallos Larrea · CC BY 4.0

Strong-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus), photo 5 — Photo: tomas_kay · CC BY 4.0

Strong-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus), photo 7 — Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

Strong-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Rafaella Cevallos Larrea, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Strong-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Cullen Hanks, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Strong-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Cullen Hanks, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Strong-billed Woodcreeper sounds like

Sonogram of the Strong-billed Woodcreeper: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Rosa Elena Albornoz · Song · Fila De Mariches (near Parroquia La Dolorita), Sucre, Distrito Capital, Venezuela · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: 3 km NW Guagua Sumaco, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The strong-billed woodcreeper one of the largest members of the ovenbird family and is the heaviest woodcreeper, though the slender long-billed woodcreeper (Nasica longirostris) is longer and the great rufous woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes major) is larger overall. The strong-billed is 28 to 31.5 cm (11 to 12 in) long. Weights range between 103 and 144 g (3.6 and 5.1 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies X. p. promeropirhynchus have a dark brown crown and nape with buff streaks. Voice: The strong-billed woodcreeper sings mostly at dawn and dusk. Its vocalizations vary among the populations, but very generally are "a long, ringing, descending sequence of 4-8 or 3-10 disyllabic whistles". In northern Central America it makes "a thin, nasal, rising teeeeuuuuuWEEEK!" that falls in volume during a long series. In Costa Rica it "repeats a loud KEW-WEE about 10 times.

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When to see the Strong-billed Woodcreeper

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

Where to see the Strong-billed Woodcreeper

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 14 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Colombia Peru Venezuela Honduras Brazil Guatemala Nicaragua Mexico Belize Bolivia Panama Guyana El Salvador

Recorded as a rare visitor in Costa Rica, French Guiana.

About the Strong-billed Woodcreeper

The strong-billed woodcreeper is a species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

White-throated WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes albicollisThe white-throated woodcreeper is one of the largest members of its subfamily.

Great Rufous WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes majorThe great rufous woodcreeper is the largest, though not the heaviest, member of its subfamily.

Moustached WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes falcirostrisThe moustached woodcreeper is one of the largest members of its subfamily.

Side by side: Strong-billed Woodcreeper vs White-throated Woodcreeper · Great Rufous Woodcreeper vs Strong-billed Woodcreeper

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