Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper (Drymornis bridgesii)
Bagé, RS, Brazil.
It's the only species in the genus Drymornis.
The species is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Unlike other woodcreepers, the species perches on horizontal branches and it is usually seem on the ground looking for food (spiders and insects).
Known locally as "arapaçu-platino".
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Tyranni
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae
Tribe: Dendrocolaptini
Genus: Drymornis Eyton, 1852
Species: D. bridgesii (Eyton, 1849)
Binomial name: Drymornis bridgesii
Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper (Drymornis bridgesii)
Bagé, RS, Brazil.
It's the only species in the genus Drymornis.
The species is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Unlike other woodcreepers, the species perches on horizontal branches and it is usually seem on the ground looking for food (spiders and insects).
Known locally as "arapaçu-platino".
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Tyranni
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae
Tribe: Dendrocolaptini
Genus: Drymornis Eyton, 1852
Species: D. bridgesii (Eyton, 1849)
Binomial name: Drymornis bridgesii