- Lepidocolaptes affinis
Identification
21.5 cm. Spotted crown, olive brown upperparts with fine streaking on the upper back, a chestnut rump, wings and tail, and heavily streaked olive-brown underparts. The bill is slender and decurved. Young birds are duller with less distinct streaking and crown spots. The call is a squeaky deeik and the song is a trill and rattle deeeeeeah hihihihihi.
Similar Species
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper is very similar to Streak-headed Woodcreeper, but is larger, has a spotted crown, and is the only woodcreeper found at high altitudes.
Distribution
Central Mexico to northern Panama.
Taxonomy
Three subspecies are recognized:[1]
- L.a. lignicida - northeast Mexico
- L.a. affinis - southern Mexico to northern Nicaragua
- L.a. neglectus - Costa Rica and western Panama
Habitat
Mountains from 1000 m to the timberline in mossy forest and adjacent semi-open woodland and clearings.
Behaviour
- Breeding: It builds a leaf-lined nest in a tree cavity or old woodpecker or barbet hole, and lays 2 white eggs.
- Diet: includes spiders and insects; it creeps up trunks and extracting its prey from the bark or mosses. It will join mixed-species feeding flocks.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Spot-crowned Woodcreeper. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Spot-crowned_Woodcreeper
