Buff-throated woodcreeper

Template:Taxobox begin Template:Taxobox begin placement Template:Taxobox regnum entry Template:Taxobox phylum entry Template:Taxobox classis entry Template:Taxobox ordo entry Template:Taxobox familia entry Template:Taxobox genus entry Template:Taxobox species entry Template:Taxobox end placement Template:Taxobox section binomial Template:Taxobox end The Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus is a passerine bird which breeds in tropical South America from southeast Colombia south to easten Bolivia and southeastern Brazil. The smaller Cocoa Woodcreeper, X. sussurans, was formerly considered to be a race of Buff-throated, but is now normally considered to be a good species.

Buff-throated Woodcreeper is a a common and widespread bird of forests and other woodland. It builds a bark-lined nest in a tree hole or hollow stump and lays two white eggs.

This woodcreeperis typically 27-28cm long, and weighs 64g. The head and neck are buff-streaked dark brown, the upper back is lightly streaked dark brown, and the rest of the upperparts, wings and tail are rufous. The underparts are olive-brown with broad cinnamon streaks on the breast. The bill is long, pale, slightly decurved, and hooked at the tip. The normal call is a loud chev-re chev-re.

Buff-throated Woodcreeper is an insectivore which feeds on ants and other insects and spiders. It feeds low in trees, usually alone, but groups will follow columns of army ants.

References

• Birds of Venezuela by Hilty, ISBN 0-7136-6418-5