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SHARP-TAILED STREAMCREEPER Lochmias nematura
Although a member of the ovenbird family, the Streamcreeper has adapted to a lifestyle that fills a similar niche to the Northern Hemisphere Dippers (Cinclidae). He occurs along streams in humid forest areas, hopping out onto half-submerged rocks and logs where he can be surprisingly tame. The subspecies inhabiting eastern Paraguay has a broad white supercilium, not shared by birds in western South America.
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FIGURE 1 - Adult, Arroyo Karumbe´y Estancia Santa Inés, PN San Rafael (José Luis Cartes May 2001).
FIGURE 2 - Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu July 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
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