- Glyphorynchus spirurus
Identification
15cm. Smallest woodcreeper. Short, wedge-shaped black bill, light stripe through eye, light streaks and spots on head, tan-buffy throat, light spots and streaks on brown chest.
Distribution
Central America from Mexico through Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 13 subspecies[1]:
- G. s. pectoralis:
- South Mexico (southern Veracruz) to Costa Rica and western Panama
- G. s. pallidulus:
- East Panama and adjacent north-western Colombia (northern Chocó)
- G. s. subrufescens:
- Pacific coast of south-eastern Panama to westerb Colombia and western Ecuador
- G. s. integratus:
- North Colombia and western Venezuela
- G. s. rufigularis:
- Tropical eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, north-eastern Ecuador and north-western Brazil
- G. s. amacurensis:
- North East Venezuela (Delta Amacuro)
- G. s. spirurus:
- North East Venezuela, the Guianas and adjacent northern Brazil
- G. s. coronobscurus:
- Southern Venezuela (Cerro de la Neblina in south-western Amazonas)
- G. s. castelnaudii:
- Tropical eastern Peru and western Amazonian Brazil
- G. s. albigularis:
- South East Peru (Puno) to northern Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba)
- G. s. inornatus:
- Southern Amazonian Brazil (Rio Madeira to Tapajós and southern Mato Grosso)
- G. s. paraensis :
- South East Amazonian Brazil south of Amazon (River Tapajos to northern Maranhão)
- G. s. cuneatus:
- Coastal eastern Brazil (northern Bahia to northern Espírito Santo)
Habitat
Lowland and foothill rainforests and semi-open woodland.
Behaviour
Diet
It creeps up trunks to find small spiders and insects, extracting its prey from the bark. Gleans from bark surface, scrapes insects from moss, and hammers shallowly into bark. Usually in pairs and often accompanies mixed-species understory flocks.
Breeding
It builds a cup nest in a narrow tree cavity and 2 white eggs are laid. Time of breeding season varies regionally.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Wedge-billed Woodcreeper. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Wedge-billed_Woodcreeper
External Links
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