Plain-brown Woodcreeper

This woodcreeper is typically 22 cm long, and weighs 37 g. It is drab even by woodcreeper standards. As its name implies, it lacks the streaking shown by most of its relatives, and is plain brown above and below. The bill is longish and straight.

The Plain-brown Woodcreeper is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa), is a sub-oscine passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Honduras through South America to northern Argentina, and in Trinidad and Tobago. Sometimes it is considered to include the Plain-winged Woodcreeper (D. turdina) as a subspecies. This woodcreeper is typically 22 cm long, and weighs 37 g. It is drab even by woodcreeper standards. More

The Plain-brown Woodcreeper is similar in appearance but has rufous wings, rump and tail. It occurs in eastern Brazil from Rio Grande do Sul north to Bahia. It is also found in north-east Argentina (Misiones Province) and eastern Paraguay. It inhabits the lower and middle levels of forest and woodland from the coast into the foothills. It feeds on arthropods and often follows army ant swarms in order to catch prey flushed by the ants. More

The Plain-brown Woodcreeper is an insectivore which feeds on ants and other insects. It feeds low in trees, on the trunk or foliage, but rarely on the ground. It will follow columns of army ants, often in groups of up to a dozen birds. If specialist ant feeders like antbirds or larger woodcreepers are present, it tends to keep higher than those species. More

the plain-brown woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa), of Honduras to northeastern Argentina, often follows marching ant columns, eating the... Other The following is a selection of items (artistic styles or groups, constructions, events, fictional characters, organizations, publications) associated with "plain-brown woodcreeper" * woodcreeper (bird) Expand Your Research: Try searching magazines and ebooks for "plain-brown woodcreeper". No results found. More

Plain-brown WoodcreeperBirds in Suriname = - Plain-brown Woodcreeper Picture of a Plain-brown woodcreeper made by Foek Chin Joe at Zanderij airport in Suriname in October 2006. The call of a plain-brown woodcreeper was taped by Otte Ottema near the Tafelberg in Suriname in March 2005. Follows army ants flying from trunk to trunk. More