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Whistling Long-tailed Woodcreeper

Deconychura longicauda

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestSmall · 24 g

What the Whistling Long-tailed Woodcreeper sounds like

Sonogram of the Whistling Long-tailed Woodcreeper: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by David Vargas · Song · Tárcoles, Garabito, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Whistling Long-tailed Woodcreeper: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by David Vargas · Song · Tárcoles, Garabito, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Whistling Long-tailed Woodcreeper: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by David Vargas · Song · Tárcoles, Garabito, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The whistling long-tailed woodcreeper is a medium-sized member of its subfamily, with a slim body, long wings and tail, and a slim medium-length straight bill. It is 16 to 21 cm (6.3 to 8.3 in) long and weighs about 22 to 36 g (0.78 to 1.3 oz). The male is longer and heavier than the female. The plumages of males and females are alike. Adults are mostly olive-brown with a darker crown and nape that have fine buff streaks. The lores and supercilium are whitish to rich buffy. The wings, uppertail coverts, and tail are rufous-chestnut; the primaries have dusky tips.

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When to see the Whistling Long-tailed Woodcreeper

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Whistling Long-tailed Woodcreeper

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 3 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.

Brazil French Guiana Colombia Suriname Bolivia

Recorded as a rare visitor in Peru, Venezuela, Guyana.

About the Whistling Long-tailed Woodcreeper

The whistling long-tailed woodcreeper, also known as the northern long-tailed woodcreeper, is a species of bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Piping Long-tailed WoodcreeperDeconychura typicaThe piping long-tailed woodcreeper is a medium-sized member of its subfamily, with a slim body, long wings and tail, and a slim medium-length straight bill. Mournful Long-tailed WoodcreeperDeconychura pallidaThe mournful long-tailed woodcreeper is a medium-sized member of its subfamily, with a slim body, long wings and tail, and a slim medium-length straight bill.

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