Lineated Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes albolineatus)

Lineated Woodcreeper

[order] Passeriformes | [family] Dendrocolaptidae | [latin] Lepidocolaptes albolineatus | [UK] Lineated Woodcreeper | [FR] Grimpar lanceole | [DE] Kastanienscheitel-Baumsteiger | [ES] Trepatroncos Listado | [IT] Rampichino lineato | [NL] Witstreep-muisspecht

Subspecies

GenusSpeciessubspeciesBreeding RangeBreeding Range 2Non Breeding Range
Drymotoxeresalbolineatus
LepidocolaptesalbolineatusSAAmazonia
Lepidocolaptesalbolineatusalbolineatus
Lepidocolaptesalbolineatusduidae
Lepidocolaptesalbolineatusfuscicapillus
Lepidocolaptesalbolineatuslayardi
Lepidocolaptesalbolineatusmadeirae

Physical charateristics

The Lineated Woodcreeper is rufescent brown above with no streaking on the crown. The throat is buffy white while the remaining underparts have crisp white streaks on a light brown background.

Listen to the sound of Lineated Woodcreeper

[audio:http://www.aviflevoland.nl/sounddb/L/Lineated Woodcreeper.mp3]

Copyright remark: Most sounds derived from xeno-canto

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Range

Found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela

Habitat

Chiefly subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Also found in flooded forest, plantations and savanna forest in Suriname.

Reproduction

Nest in natural cavity lined with bark chips. No further data.

Feeding habits

Mainly anthropods like beetles and spiders, sometimes vertebrates like small lizards and frogs. It lives alone or in pairs, often following mixed-species flocks of insectivorous birds. Forages in upper canopy, catches prey by gleaning and pecking.

Conservation

This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 6,300,000 km

Updated: May 8, 2011 — 1:00 am

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