I saw several plain-brown woodcreepers at Tinamu Reserve, in the jungle forest on the sides of trees.
Note the nape feathers forming a crest. |
It is plain brown, above and below, unlike most other woodcreepers which have streaking. It can raise its crown feathers to make a slight crest. It has a narrow supercilium (a stripe that runs from the beak, above the eye toward the back of the head) and a buff stripe below the eye.
It primarily eats ants and other insects and looks somewhat like a woodpecker how it stands on the side of a tree. It is found from Honduras to northern Argentina.
Plain-brown woodcreeper range - from Wikipedia. |
He seems to be a good example of "Woody Woodpecker" as he looks like the wood he pecks.
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