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[[Image:Plain-brown_Woodcreeper.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|Cedric+K|Cedric K}}<br />Pipeline Road, [[Panama]], March 2005]]
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Photo taken: Pipeline Road, Panama
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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The Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa), is a sub-oscine passerine bird.  Plain-brown Woodcreeper is typically 22cm long, and weighs 37g. It is drab even by woodcreeper standards. As its name implies, it lacks the streaking shown by most of its relatives, and is plain brown above and below. The bill is longish and straight.
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19–22·5 cm (7½-8¾ in); weight 25-50 g. <br />
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It is plain brown above and below. The bill is long and straight.  
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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It breeds in the tropical New World from Honduras through South America to northern Argentina, and in Trinidad and Tobago.
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[[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]: found from [[Honduras]] through [[South America]] to [[Brazil]], and in [[Trinidad and Tobago]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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[[Plain-winged Woodcreeper]] was formerly included in this species.
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====Subspecies====
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[[Image:3D797C5A-A3A9-42C6-A6C7-6E7AA9C52667.jpeg|thumb|300px|right|Subspecies ''meruloides''<br />Photo by {{user|rka|rka}}<br />Morne Bleu, [[Trinidad]], February 2018]]
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Several subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''D. f. ridgwayi''
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**Tropical south-eastern [[Honduras]] to western [[Colombia]], western [[Ecuador]] and north-western [[Peru]]
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*''D. f. lafresnayei''
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**North and eastern Colombia and adjacent north-western [[Venezuela]]
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*''D. f. meruloides''
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**Coastal northern Venezuela, [[Trinidad]] and [[Tobago]]
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*''D. f. barinensis''
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**Llanos of northern Colombia and west-central Venezuela
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*''D. f. deltana''
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**North-east Venezuela in Orinoco River delta
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*''D. f. phaeochroa''
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**Amazonian eastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and north-western [[Brazil]]
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*''D. f. neglecta''
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**West Amazonia from eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru to western Brazil
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*''D. f. fuliginosa''
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**South-east Venezuela to the [[Guianas]] and adjacent northern Brazil
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*''D. f. atrirostris''
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**South-east Peru to northern and eastern [[Bolivia]] and south-western Brazil (Mato Grosso)
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*''D. f. rufoolivacea''
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**East Amazonian Brazil (Rio Tapajós to northern Maranhão)
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*''D. f. trumaii''
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**Locally in southern Amazonian Brazil (upper Rio Xingu)
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==Habitat==
 
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Lower and middle levels of forest and woodland from the coast into the foothills.
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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This woodcreeper is a common and widespread forest bird which builds a leaf-lined nest in a palm tree stump; 2-3 white eggs are laid.
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====Breeding====
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The clutch consists of 2-3 white eggs. The nest is lined with leaves and placed in palm tree stumps.
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====Diet====
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It feeds on ants and other insects in trees, rarely on the ground. It follows army ant swarms in order to catch prey flushed by the ants. It will make sallies to catch insects in flight or snatch them from leaves.
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====Vocalisation====
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The song is a descending ''te-te-te-tu-tu-tu-tue-tue-tue-chu-chu-chu''.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2597870 Birdforum thread] discussing the taxonomy of this and related species
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2017)
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{{ref}}
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==External Links==
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{{GSearch|"Dendrocincla fuliginosa" {{!}} "Plain-brown Woodcreeper"}}
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Plain-brown Woodcreeper is an insectivore which feeds on ants and other insects. It feeds low in trees, on the trunk or foliage, but rarely on the ground. It will follow columns of army ants, often in groups of up to a dozen birds. If specialist ant feeders like antbirds or larger woodcreepers are present, it tends to keep higher than those species.
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The normal call is a loud stick, but when feeding on army ants, the groups keep up a noisy chatter. The song is a descending te-te-te-tu-tu-tu-tue-tue-tue-chu-chu-chu.
 
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==External Links==
 
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*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?si=Dendrocincla+fuliginosa&x=8&y=11&perpage=12&sort=1&cat=all&ppuser=&friendemail=email%40yourfriend.com&password= View more images of Plain-brown Woodcreeper in the gallery]
 
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Latest revision as of 20:35, 4 August 2023

Photo by Cedric K
Pipeline Road, Panama, March 2005
Dendrocincla fuliginosa

Identification

19–22·5 cm (7½-8¾ in); weight 25-50 g.
It is plain brown above and below. The bill is long and straight.

Distribution

Central and South America: found from Honduras through South America to Brazil, and in Trinidad and Tobago.

Taxonomy

Plain-winged Woodcreeper was formerly included in this species.

Subspecies

Subspecies meruloides
Photo by rka
Morne Bleu, Trinidad, February 2018

Several subspecies[1]:

  • D. f. ridgwayi
  • D. f. lafresnayei
    • North and eastern Colombia and adjacent north-western Venezuela
  • D. f. meruloides
  • D. f. barinensis
    • Llanos of northern Colombia and west-central Venezuela
  • D. f. deltana
    • North-east Venezuela in Orinoco River delta
  • D. f. phaeochroa
    • Amazonian eastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and north-western Brazil
  • D. f. neglecta
    • West Amazonia from eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru to western Brazil
  • D. f. fuliginosa
    • South-east Venezuela to the Guianas and adjacent northern Brazil
  • D. f. atrirostris
    • South-east Peru to northern and eastern Bolivia and south-western Brazil (Mato Grosso)
  • D. f. rufoolivacea
    • East Amazonian Brazil (Rio Tapajós to northern Maranhão)
  • D. f. trumaii
    • Locally in southern Amazonian Brazil (upper Rio Xingu)

Habitat

Lower and middle levels of forest and woodland from the coast into the foothills.

Behaviour

Breeding

The clutch consists of 2-3 white eggs. The nest is lined with leaves and placed in palm tree stumps.

Diet

It feeds on ants and other insects in trees, rarely on the ground. It follows army ant swarms in order to catch prey flushed by the ants. It will make sallies to catch insects in flight or snatch them from leaves.

Vocalisation

The song is a descending te-te-te-tu-tu-tu-tue-tue-tue-chu-chu-chu.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of this and related species
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2017)

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