Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper

Photo by Francisco Paludo
Vila Flor, Antonina, PR, Brazil, September, 2017

Lochmias nematura

Identification

13–14 cm (5-5½ in)

• Dark upperparts
• Dark underparts with white spots
• Thin white supercilium
• Blackish lores
• Tail is short with pointed feather tips

Variation

The back and wings are more reddish in south-east, the supercilium mostly to fully absent and underside darker in westerly subspecies.

Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 6 subspecies^[1]:

Photo by Rodrigo Conte
Brasilia, Brazil, August 2014

• L. n. nelsoni:

• Extreme eastern Panama (Darién)

• L. n. sororius:

• Andes of Colombia to north-eastern Peru; coastal mountains of northern Venezuela

• L. n. chimantae:

• Mountains of south-eastern Venezuela (Gran Sabana)

• L. n. castanonotus:

• Tepuis of southern Venezuela (Bolívar and Amazonas)

• L. n. obscuratus:

• East-central Peru and western Bolivia

• L. n. nematura:

• South-eastern Brazil to eastern Paraguay, Uruguay and north-eastern Argentina

Habitat

Mountainous evergreen forests; found along streams and small rivers in thick undergrowth. Occurring at heights around 725–2780 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of beetles, caterpillars, spiders, tadpoles, etc.

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. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2017)
4. Angehr and Dean 2010. Birds of Panama, a field guide

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sharp-tailed_Streamcreeper

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