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Ceara Woodcreeper - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Andrew Whitehouse
La Reve Pousada, Serra de Baturite, Ceara, Brazil, 13 July 2019
Xiphorhynchus atlanticus

Identification

  • Small with a relatively large head
  • Long, thin bi-coloured bill
  • Steep forehead
  • Streaked back
  • Unstreaked undertail coverts

Distribution

South America: found in North East Brazil north of the Rio São Francisco (Ceará and Paraíba to Alagoas)

Taxonomy

Ceara Woodcreeper has been split from Lesser Woodcreeper

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

They are mainly to be found in rainforests of the coastal range and on humid montane tops.

Behaviour

Assumed to be similar in behavior to Lesser Woodcreeper.

Movements

Presumably resident.

Vocalisation

These birds sing two songs, one of which separate them from Lesser Woodcreeper. This specific song consists of few clear notes followed by a rapid, stuttering series which ascends in pitch and has the highest pitch at the last note.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2021. IOC World Bird List (v11.1). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.11.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  3. del Hoyo, J., N. Collar, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Ceara Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus atlanticus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.leswoo4.01
  4. Vocal analysis of this species reported in: Garcia et al. 2017

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External Links

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