Narrow-billed Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes angustirostris (Vieillot, 1818)

Narrow-billed Woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes angustirostris, is a bird of eastern, central and south-central South America, recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Suriname and Uruguay. It belongs to the Furnariidae and was described by Vieillot in 1818. A slim, medium-sized woodcreeper, it is marked by a long, narrow bill that curves downwards only slightly. The sexes look alike. It lives in semi-open and open country, including deciduous forest, Gran Chaco woodland and scrub, gallery forest, secondary forest, caatinga, cerrado, plantations and settled areas. It is a year-round resident and breeds in cavities in trees or man-made structures.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Furnariidae — Ovenbirds

Breeding range

South America: e, c, sc