Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper (Drymornis bridgesii)
Aceguá, RS, Brazil.
Perched on a fence post in the Pampas.
Unlike most woodcreepers, which are usually seen climbing vertically along tree trunks, this species spends much of its time foraging on the ground or perching on branches in a more “typical” passerine fashion. Still, it retains the ability to cling to trunks when needed. Its long, slender, and strongly curved bill is perfectly adapted for probing into bark and soil in search of insects.
This species is strongly associated with open habitats such as savannas, grasslands, and the Pampas, occurring in southern Brazil, eastern and northern Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern to central Argentina.
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)
Aceguá, RS, Brazil.
Perched on a fence post in the Pampas.
Unlike most woodcreepers, which are usually seen climbing vertically along tree trunks, this species spends much of its time foraging on the ground or perching on branches in a more “typical” passerine fashion. Still, it retains the ability to cling to trunks when needed. Its long, slender, and strongly curved bill is perfectly adapted for probing into bark and soil in search of insects.
This species is strongly associated with open habitats such as savannas, grasslands, and the Pampas, occurring in southern Brazil, eastern and northern Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern to central Argentina.
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