- Dendrocincla fuliginosa
Identification
22cm long, and weighs 37g. It is plain brown above and below. The bill is long and straight. The song is a descending te-te-te-tu-tu-tu-tue-tue-tue-chu-chu-chu.
Distribution
New World from Honduras through South America to Brazil, and in Trinidad and Tobago.
Taxonomy
Several subspecies[1]:
- D. f. ridgwayi
- Tropical se Honduras to w Colombia, w Ecuador and nw Peru
- D. f. lafresnayei
- N and e Colombia and adjacent nw Venezuela
- D. f. meruloides
- Coastal n Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago
- D. f. barinensis
- Llanos of n Colombia and w-c Venezuela
- D. f. deltana
- Northeast Venezuela in Orinoco River delta
- D. f. phaeochroa
- Amazonian e Colombia to e Ecuador, e Peru and nw Brazil
- D. f. neglecta
- W Amazonia from e Ecuador and e Peru to w Brazil
- D. f. fuliginosa
- Southeast Venezuela to the Guianas and adjacent n Brazil
- D. f. atrirostris
- Southeast Peru to n and e Bolivia and sw Brazil (Mato Grosso)
- D. f. rufoolivacea
- E Amazonian Brazil (Rio Tapajós to n Maranhão)
- D. f. trumaii
- Locally in s Amazonian Brazil (upper Rio Xingu)
Plain-winged Woodcreeper was formerly included in this species.
Habitat
Lower and middle levels of forest and woodland from the coast into the foothills.
Behaviour
2-3 white eggs are laid in the nest which is lined with leaves and placed in palm tree stumps.
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.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of this and related species
