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NARROW-BILLED WOODCREEPER Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
Like other woodcreepers, the Narrow-billed lives a woodpeckerish lifestyle, climbing trunks and probing for food amongst the crevices of the bark. Unlike woodpeckers which have a highly-specialised foot design with two toes pointing forwards and two toes pointing backwards (zygodactyl), the woodcreepers have a "normally-shaped" foot (anisodactyl) with three toes forward and one back. Though his long bill may look ungainly, it is actually a sensitive and highly-evolved hunting tool, allowing him to reach into the smallest crevices and pull out tasty grubs as if using a pair of tweezers.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2426PH) Adult, Loma Plata, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Gijs Lindeman February 2007).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE2427PH) Adult, Antiguo Ferrocarril km 80 de Puerto Casado, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith September 2006)
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2428PH) Adult, Ruta Trans-Chaco km650 (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2429PH) Head detail, same individual (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE2430PH) Adult head detail, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (John T. Smit January 2011 http://science.naturalis.nl/smitj).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE2431PH) Upperwing, same individual (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE2432PH) Adult leaving nest, Laguna Capitan, Cuenca Upper Yacaré Sur (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 8 - (FPAVE3297PH) Adult, Cuenca Upper Yacaré Sur, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Kevin Guest February 2012).
VIDEO - (FPAVE2433RE) Same individual as (FPAVE2429PH) (Paul Smith July 2006).
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Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
1 (FPAVE2434RE) song  recorded Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Myriam Velázquez April 2000).
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