Includes Brigida's Woodcreeper
- Hylexetastes uniformis
Identification
27 cm. Long tail, stout, short, red bill, red-brown back and tail, lighter belly, and few distinct markings.
Similar species
Bar-bellied Woodcreeper has wavy bars on the underside. Red-billed Woodcreeper is overall paler and has whitish throat and moustachial stripe. It also has a longer and more reddish bill.
Distribution
Taxonomy
It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Red-billed Woodcreeper.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized[1].
- H. u. uniformis: Uniform Woodcreeper
- South central Amazonia (Brazil south of the Amazon between the Rio Madeira and the Rio Xingu, and northeastern Bolivia)
- H. u. brigidai: Brigida's Woodcreeper (or Mato Grosso Woodcreeper)
- southeastern Amazonian Brazil (between the Xingu and the Tocantins-Araguaia rivers)
Some authorities consider the last of these a separate species.
Habitat
Humid lowland forest.
Behaviour
The diet includes arthropods found on tree-trunks and stout branches.
It builds its nest in a tree-cavity or abandoned woodpecker hole; 2-3 eggs are laid and are incubated by both parents who also both care for the young.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Proposal leading to split of this species
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Uniform Woodcreeper. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Uniform_Woodcreeper
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
