LESSER WOODCREEPER Xiphorhynchus fuscus ATLANTIC FOREST
The Lesser Woocreeper is one of the smaller members of family and a frequent member of mixed species understorey flocks. He´s a secretive bird, hard to observe, and rapidly scooting around the other side of a tree-trunk when he becomes aware of an observer. You´ll hear him more than you see him, his typical call a loud, accelerating chatter that sounds like it comes from a much bigger bird.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2435PH) Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February 2006).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE2437PH) Adult, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June 2005).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2438PH) Upperwing, same individual as (FPAVE2437PH) (Paul Smith June 2005).
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FIGURE 2
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FIGURE 3
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Xiphorhynchus fuscus
1 (FPAVE2439RE) song recorded Itabó Itaipú, Departamento Alto Paraná (Myriam Velázquez September 2000).
2 (FPAVE2440RE) calls recorded Puerto Bertoni, Departamento Alto Paraná (Myriam Velázquez September 2000).
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