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Planalto Woodcreeper
Dendrocolaptes platyrostris Spix, 1824
Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
Planalto Woodcreeper, Dendrocolaptes platyrostris, is a passerine of the Furnariidae family found in eastern and south-eastern Brazil, with its breeding range extending into south-eastern South America. It is a resident bird of wooded country, including humid lowland and montane forest, as well as drier woodland, palm swamps and gallery forest. It is a slim woodcreeper with a long tail and a straight bill, and the sexes look alike. The two subspecies differ in tone, with intermedius generally paler and more rufous than the nominate form.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: e Brazil and se SA
