Spotted Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus erythropygiusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae)

Overview

Spotted Woodcreeper: Fairly large woodcreeper with uniformly rufous-brown upperparts and pale spotted underparts. Has more of a green-yellow look than any other woodcreeper. Throat is pale yellow with small dark spots, and it has a broad buffy eyering. Bill is long and fairly stout. Sexes similar. Juvenile is more brown overall with spotting being somewhat indistinct.

Range and Habitat

Spotted Woodcreeper: Occurs from southern Mexico to Ecuador. In Costa Rica found in mid-elevation forests throughout the country, mostly in well-developed, moist forests of the mountains rather than in second growth or open habitats.

Listen:

Voice Text

clear descending trill, or plaintive "pyuu"

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Spotted Woodcreeper

● Song: clear descending trill, or plaintive "pyuu"

● Foraging & Feeding: Spotted Woodcreeper: Creeps along tree trunks and branches in the upper canopy, often hanging upside-down as it probes in crevices and masses of vegetation for insects and small frogs. Uncovers items with strong sideways flicks of bill. May forage alone, but often joins large mixed-species flocks.

● Breeding & nesting: Spotted Woodcreeper: Lays 2 eggs in crevices and old woodpecker holes at medium heights from March to June.

● Similar species: Spotted Woodcreeper: There are 10 or more woodcreepers that could be confused with this bird, making this a notoriously hardest groups to identify. The smaller Long-tailed Woodcreeper has a plain buffy throat. Buff-throated Woodcreeper has plain buffy throat and strongly streaked pattern.

Flight Pattern

Limited to short quick flights between trees

● Range & Habitat: Spotted Woodcreeper: Occurs from southern Mexico to Ecuador. In Costa Rica found in mid-elevation forests throughout the country, mostly in well-developed, moist forests of the mountains rather than in second growth or open habitats.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationCommon

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight1.8 Ounces

Field Guide to Birds of Central and South America