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What the Western Woodhaunter sounds like
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The western woodhaunter is 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long and weighs about 35 g (1.2 oz). It is a fairly large member of its genus and has a shortish and heavy bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies A. v. virgatus have a mostly dark brownish face with golden-buff streaks, a pale eyering and stripe behind the eye, and grizzled brownish and buff lores. Their crown is blackish brown with golden-buff streaks that widen as they extend onto the blackish brown back. Voice: The western woodhaunter's song is described as "a series of sharp nasal notes, 'keeu-keeu-keeu-keeu...', evenly pitched and paced" and its call as "a sharp 'squirp!' ". The song has also been rendered as "kyip-kyip-kyip-kyip-kyip" and the call as "krrrk".
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When to see the Western Woodhaunter
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 Western Woodhaunter
The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 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.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Nicaragua.
About the Western Woodhaunter
The western woodhaunter is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
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Easily confused with
Fawn-throated Foliage-gleanerAutomolus cervinigularisThe fawn-throated foliage-gleaner is 18 to 20 cm (7.1 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 30 to 46 g (1.1 to 1.6 oz).
Eastern WoodhaunterAutomolus subulatusThe eastern woodhaunter is 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long and weighs about 25 to 38 g (0.88 to 1.3 oz).
Pernambuco Foliage-gleanerAutomolus lammiThe Pernambuco foliage-gleaner is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long.
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