Point-tailed Palmcreeper

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

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

The Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family, the ovenbirds. It is monotypic, the only member of the genus Berlepschia. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. This is a deep chestnut-brown backed bird, with neck collar colorings of black and white flecking; the entire belly has the same black and white mottling. More

This morning I saw two point-tailed palmcreepers in the coconut trees outside. They were hanging on the underside of the branches, and seemed to be doing something to the branch with their beak. More

Woodpecker, Ocellated Woodcreeper, Point-tailed Palmcreeper (in palms along road just before km 10), Castelnau's Antshrike, Spot-winged Antbird, Small-headed Elaneia, and Rusty-fronted Tody-tyrant. Birding colombia is the hub for info on birding sites, guides, tours, recent news, trip reports, photos, bird lists, and much more. More

and the Point-tailed Palmcreeper, an elegant ovenbird which is rarely found outside palm swamps. It is also great for spotting hermits and other hummingbirds, in addition to being the home of nesting Blue- and- gold and Red-bellied macaws in the November to April rainy season Quiet afternoons from the TRC porch will sometimes reveal some of the birds that have included the clearing and the forest's edges within their territories. More

Photo of a point-tailed palmcreeper made by Peter Relson in Suriname in 2002, near Zanderij airport. As its name in many languages says, the bird is always found near or in Moriche palms (Ite, as in this picture), where it searches for small insects and spiders. It can even look for them hanging up side down as it almost does here on this picture. Otte Ottema recorded the sound of the point-tailed palmcreeper also near Zanderij (Pengel) airport in Suriname in november 2004. More