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The 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). It is a slim, medium-sized woodcreeper with a long, slender, decurved bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a mostly pale face that often has dusky streaks or smudges. They have white to buff-white ear coverts, supercilium, and eyering with a blackish or dusky stripe behind the eye. Their crown, nape, and sides of the neck are blackish to dark brown. Voice: The white-striped woodcreeper's song is "a sputtering trill...'zzzzzzzzztztztztztzttt-t-t-bt-bt-bt'." Its call is "a short rough trill...'tsisirr'."
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When to see the White-striped Woodcreeper
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-striped Woodcreeper
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the White-striped Woodcreeper
The white-striped woodcreeper is a species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Mexico.
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Easily confused with
Scalloped WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes falcinellusThe 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).
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).
Side by side: Montane Woodcreeper vs White-striped Woodcreeper · Spot-crowned Woodcreeper vs White-striped Woodcreeper · Scalloped Woodcreeper vs White-striped Woodcreeper · Scaled Woodcreeper vs White-striped Woodcreeper · Guianan Woodcreeper vs White-striped Woodcreeper
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