Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Luiz
Presidente Figueiredo, AM, Brazil, September 2016

Xiphorhynchus pardalotus

Identification

21·5–23·5 cm (8½-9¼ in)

• Black, buff streaked crown
• Rufous mantle with tear shaped streaks
• Chestnut rump, wings and tail
• Cinnamon-buff throat
• Olive-brown breast streaked buff
• Dull cinnamon buff belly
• Long straight black bill
  

Sexes similar

Distribution

South America: found in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• X. p. caurensis:

• Tepuis of south-eastern Venezuela and adjacent northern Brazil to western Guyana

• X. p. pardalotus:

• North-eastern Amazonia north of Amazon (Guianas and northern Brazil)

Habitat

Mostly found in lowland evergreen forests but also lower mountain forests.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet consists of small insects such as ants, spiders and grasshoppers.

Breeding

They nest in natural cavity lined with soft bark, or in a hollow stump low above ground. The single egg is incubated by both adults and they both care for and feed the youngster for at least 3 months.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Birds Suriname
4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2017)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chestnut-rumped_Woodcreeper

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