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Photo © by Stanley Jones
Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, February 2015
- Xiphorhynchus susurrans
Identification
22·5–25·5 cm (9-10 in)
- Liver brown upper back
- Dark brown, buff streaked, head and neck
- Rufous upperparts, wings and tail
- Olive-brown underparts
- Buff streaked breast
- Long black decurved bill with hooked tip
Distribution
Central and South America
Central America: Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Colombia and Venezuela
Taxonomy
Formerly considered conspecific with Buff-throated Woodcreeper (X. guttatus), and still called Buff-throated in some current field guides for Central America.[1]. The latter is found only in South America.
Subspecies=
There are 8 subspecies:[2]
- X. s. confinis:
- X. s. costaricensis:
- South-eastern Honduras to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama
- X. s. marginatus:
- Eastern Panama (eastern Chiriquí, Veraguas and western Azuero Peninsula)
- X. s.s nanus:
- X. s. rosenbergi:
- Western Colombia (upper Cauca Valley in Valle)
- X. s. jardinei:
- North-eastern Venezuela (north-eastern Anzoátegui, Sucre and northern Monagas)
- X. s. margaritae:
- Isla Margarita (off northern Venezuela)
- X. s. susurrans:
Habitat
Humid lowland forest, primary and mature secondary woodland and urban woodland. Observed at heights around 622 m (2,042 ft) elevation.
Behaviour
Breeding
It nests in tree holes or hollow stumps, lined with bark. The clutch consists of 2 white eggs.
Diet
The diet includes insects, ants and spiders. It will follow columns of army ants. Creeps up tree trunks flaking off loose bark in its search for invertebrates.
Vocalisation
Call: kew-kew-kew-kew.
References
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Cocoa Woodcreeper. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 31 August 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cocoa_Woodcreeper
External Links
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