LESSER WOODCREEPER Xiphorhynchus fuscus ATLANTIC FOREST
The Lesser Woocreeper is one of the smaller members of family and a frequent member of mixed species understorey flocks. He´s a secretive bird, hard to observe, and rapidly scooting around the other side of a tree-trunk when he becomes aware of an observer. You´ll hear him more than you see him, his typical call a loud, accelerating chatter that sounds like it comes from a much bigger bird.
FIGURE 1 - Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February 2006 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 2 - Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu May 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3 - Adult, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June).
FIGURE 4 - Upperwing, same individual (Paul Smith June).
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