- Drymornis bridgesii
Identification
29–35 cm (11½-13¾ in)
- White supercilium
- Short tail
Distribution
South America: From southern Bolivia to central Argentina, Uruguay, western Paraguay and southwest Brazil.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Farmland, woodland and scrub.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of spiders and centipedes; they also eat some plant material. They feed both on trunks and branches of trees and on the ground (especially if the ground is lose).
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Scimitar-billed_Woodcreeper